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Thus, by construing the term narrowly the Supreme Court narrowed the definition of bribery. [6] According to Bloomberg News, the ruling "appears to have opened the floodgates for reversals of high-profile public corruption cases, including William Jefferson, a former Louisiana congressman.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Democratic former New York state lieutenant governor Brian Benjamin's challenge to corruption charges involving campaign contributions from a ...
Ethics and legal experts warn that the Supreme Court has struck a serious blow to prosecutors’ ability to crack down on the abuse of power and public corruption. And that’s ringing alarm bells ...
A federal judge has vacated the upcoming trial date for New York City Mayor Eric Adams, but declined to immediately dismiss the charges all together in a case that has roiled the Justice Department.
Netanyahu (seen here in 2023) served as Prime Minister of Israel from 1996 to 1999, from 2009 to 2021 and from 2022 onwards. Arnon Mozes, accused of attempted bribery in Case 2000 Binyamin Netanyahu in court during his corruption trial, prior to his third testimony day, seems to be talking with his attorney, Amit Hadad, with his back to the camera
Snyder v. United States, 603 U.S. 1 (2024), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held 18 U.S.C. § 666 prohibits bribes to state and local officials but does not make it a crime for those officials to accept gratuities for their past acts.
Madigan attorney Lari Dierks took issue with the court’s view that the U.S. Supreme Court decision last June to overturn the bribery conviction of former Portage, Indiana, Mayor James Snyder did ...
Percoco v. United States, 598 U.S. 319, is a 2023 United States Supreme Court case regarding the federal honest services fraud statute. In the case, the Court held that a private citizen with significant influence over government decision-making cannot be convicted of honest services fraud for actions taken while not holding public office.