Federal authorities would later determine that banking regulators and government officials turned a blind eye to Stanford's Ponzi scheme in return for bribes, campaign contributions, and financing for public-works programs on the island.
He criticized lawmakers' support of the original casino bill and accused them of being bribed by campaign contributions on the electricity bill.
Originally premised on the notion that gun lobby donations influenced the votes of six senators who opposed the measure, the "Bribe the Senate" campaign was a largely farcical effort to raise competing funds and perhaps convince the lawmakers to reverse their votes.
Bribe of the campaign"Mary Poppins hasn't voted here in a long time.
Fred Towle Jr., a one-time Romaine protégé, pleaded guilty in May to taking a bribe and using campaign funds for gambling junkets, and resigned his seat in the County Legislature.
It arguably benefited as much as the Workers Partyy from huge bribes and illicit campaign financing.
In addition, Democratic members of the Honolulu City Council had been convicted of taking bribes and misusing campaign funds.
In 1982, even before Traficant began his congressional career, he was indicted for allegedly taking more than a hundred thousand dollars in bribes during his campaign for county sheriff.
He owned his own professional cricket team and stadium and, according to prosecutors, he treated Antigua like his personal business haven, with politicians and regulators in tow, through bribes and political campaign contributions.
This will not be allowed!" Trump also claimed the Cruz campaign bribed voters, tweeting: "I win a state in votes and then get non-representative delegates because they are offered all sorts of goodies by Cruz campaign.
