Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Federal prosecutors say they are dropping a bribery case against former Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce and three others after a mistrial. The U.S. attorney's office informed a judge ...
The cases involved were all named Arizona v. California, and were decided in 1931, 1934, 1936, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1979, 1983, 1984, and 2000. The original decision, 283 U.S. 423 (1931), specified the amount of water to which Arizona was entitled under the Colorado River Compact of 1922.
Bribery is the offering of something which is most often money but can also be goods or services in order to gain an unfair advantage. Common advantages can be to sway a person's opinion, action, or decision, reduce amounts of fees collected, speed up government grants, or change outcomes of the legal processes.
For example, the Travel Act may be used to prosecute public officials for extortion and bribery in violation of state law, as the Supreme Court held in United States v. Nardello (1969). [99] According to Curato et al.: From passage in 1961 until approximately 1971, political officials were not prosecuted under the Travel Act.
The justices facilitated government and corporate corruption by weakening laws and regulations affecting the environment, finance, public officials and more.
From biased and inexperienced contractors to conspiracy-chasing funders, experts cite a series of red flags with the state's Republican-backed review of the 2020 election.
California 1976 Bribery [33] Republican: John H. Hoeppel: House of Representatives: California 1935 Sale of appointive office (18 U.S.C. § 150) (currently codified at 18 U.S.C. § 211) [34] Democrat: William J. Jefferson: House of Representatives: Louisiana 2009 Federal official bribery, wire fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and RICO
The chairman of the Arizona GOP resigned Wednesday after the release of an audiotape on which he offered Kari Lake, a top Trump ally and a Republican candidate for the U.S.