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7. The McConnell decision narrowing bribery didnt hurt

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2018, 06:26 PM

Jan 2018

I am not saying Menendez traded favors for contributions but the McConnell decision said it was legal to trade favors for money, under fed bribery rules, so long as the favor was not an “official action” defined very narrowly. So even if they COULD prove quid pro quo for many favors he would still walk. So this decision is not surprising.

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