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(The Center Square) – Quid pro quo allegations are a key part of the U.S. government’s corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain.
The statutes differ in their jurisdictional elements, the mens rea that they require (for example, a quid pro quo or a nexus), the species of official actions that are cognizable, whether or not non-public official defendants can be prosecuted, and in the authorized sentence. The statutes most often used to prosecute public corruption are the ...
“This case presents an extreme example of that overreach.” Benjamin’s legal argument turned on the notion that prosecutors hadn’t established an explicit quid pro quo, which he argued was ...
The Latin phrase quid pro quo originally implied that something had been substituted, meaning "something for something" as in I gave you sugar for salt.Early usage by English speakers followed the original Latin meaning, with occurrences in the 1530s where the term referred to substituting one medicine for another, whether unintentionally or fraudulently.
Lawyers for Eric Adams called on a federal judge to toss part of the New York City mayor’s corruption case ... entered into this purported quid pro quo agreement,” his legal team ...
Argument: Oral argument: Decision: Opinion: Case history; Prior: Conviction affirmed, United States v.Snyder, 71 F.4th 555 (2023): Questions presented; Whether section 666 criminalizes gratuities, i.e., payments in recognition of actions the official has already taken or committed to take, without any quid pro quo agreement to take those actions.
The Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in March reversed Oetken's decision, saying prosecutors had "sufficiently alleged an explicit quid pro quo" between Benjamin and Migdol, who ...
At the trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, prosecutors charged Robert F. McDonnell and his wife with quid pro quo. The jury found the McDonnells guilty of multiple counts of corruption. James R. Spencer presided over the initial trial.