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  2. Federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States

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    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 ...

  3. McDonnell v. United States - Wikipedia

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    The ruling narrowed the legal definition of public corruption and made it harder for prosecutors to prove that a political official engaged in bribery. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The term "official act" does not occur in the statutes charged in the case; rather, the parties to the trial had agreed that they would use the definition of that term given in the ...

  4. Political corruption - Wikipedia

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    The second dimension of corruption is corruption as deviant behavior. Sociologist Christian Höffling and economist J. J. Sentuira both characterized corruption as social illness; the latter defined corruption as the misuse of public power for one's profit. The third dimension is the quid pro quo. Corruption always is an exchange between two or ...

  5. Quid pro quo allegations are key in Madigan corruption trial

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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.

  6. Former Attorneys General Barr, Ashcroft: PG Sittenfeld's ...

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    If "rejecting a quid pro quo means accepting it, then we are in an Alice-in-Wonderland world where words have no meaning," the law professors' brief says. Federal prosecutors have not yet filed a ...

  7. Government rejects proposal to end ‘extortion and corruption ...

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    A cross-party group of peers condemned the system whereby people who own freehold properties are locked into contracts to maintain communal areas.

  8. Hobbs Act - Wikipedia

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    The government need only prove a public official agreed to take some official action in exchange for payment as opportunities arose to do so (i.e. a "stream of benefits" theory) to sustain a § 1951 charge whereas, under § 201, the government must prove an express quid pro quo (or something approaching one). [8]

  9. Bribery - Wikipedia

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    Convictions for this form of bribery are easier to obtain with hard evidence, a specific amount of money linked to a specific action by the recipient of the bribe. Such evidence is frequently obtained using undercover agents, since evidence of a quid pro quo relation can often be difficult to prove (influence peddling and political corruption).