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Texas 1971 Federal official conflict-of-interest and Travel Act [27] Democrat: Joshua Eilberg: House of Representatives: Pennsylvania 1979: Federal official conflict-of-interest [28] Democrat: Albert B. Fall: Secretary of the Interior: New Mexico: 1929 Revolving door (18 U.S.C. § 207) Teapot Dome scandal [29] Republican: Robert García: House ...
These statutes are also applicable to corrupt federal officials. [6] In addition, federal officials are subject to the federal bribery, graft, and conflict-of-interest crimes contained in Title 18, Chapter 11 of the United States Code, 18 U.S.C. §§ 201–227, which do not apply to state and local officials. [6]
Operation Ill Wind was a three-year investigation launched in 1986 by the FBI into corruption by U.S. government and military officials, and private defense contractors. Melvyn Paisley (R) Assistant Secretary of the Navy, [62] was found to have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. He pleaded guilty to bribery and served four ...
This is a list of lists of American politicians at the state and local levels who have been convicted of felony crimes committed while in office. The lists are broken by decades. The lists are broken by decades.
Mayor Eric Adams' troubles have ensnared many of his key lieutenants — several of whom have either left or been forced to resign as Hizzoner's legal troubles mount.
Isgur is one of 60 former executive branch officials who appear on the list of enemies that Kash Patel, Trump's pick to run the FBI, included in his 2023 book Government Gangsters, which alleges a ...
This category contains American politicians convicted of federal public corruption crimes.Under federal law, corrupt conduct can be charged, inter alia, as bribery (18 U.S.C. § 201 or 18 U.S.C. § 666), fraud (mail and wire fraud, including honest services fraud), extortion (), and/or racketeering (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act).
Under federal law, election officials can't cancel a voter's registration in the period 90 days ahead of Election Day, except for voters who voluntarily cancel their registration or who are ...