Sentence examples for corruption statutes from inspiring English sources

Had McDonnell took direct action on behalf of Williams, there would be no serious question that he violated corruption statutes.

Mr. Gattegno says one reason that cases have languished in the past is that the corruption statutes require too high a standard of proof.

But while corruption statutes might fall short, some experts suggested this week that federal civil rights laws could be in play.

For federal prosecutors going about their day-to-day work, the bill would not necessarily represent a huge step forward, since other corruption statutes, like mail and wire fraud, were still available.

Professor Adam Kurland has proposed the Guarantee Clause of Article Four of the United States Constitution which provides that "[t]he United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a Republican Form of Government" —as a constitutional basis for corruption statutes as applied to state and local officials.

WASHINGTON -- Legal experts say it would be tough for federal officials to make the case that aides to Gov. Chris Christie violated federal public corruption statutes when they shut down access lanes to the George Washington Bridge in an act of retaliation against a mayor who didn't endorse the Republican governor's reelection campaign.

"The first thing I thought of was, 'Oh God, did I eat a piece of this Mexican chicken?' " said Richard L. Cassin, a lawyer who specializes in foreign bribery cases and writes the FCPA Blog on issues related to the foreign corruption statute.

The case in question is that of former Republican Virginia governor Bob McDonnell who in 2014 was convicted of 11 charges related to federal anti-corruption statutes.

In February the court notified the office of Montana's commissioner of political practices, which oversees state campaigns, that until further notice, we may no longer enforce our anti-corruption statute, specifically our restriction on corporate money.

A jury eventually convicted McDonnell on 11 counts of corruption under various statutes criminalizing improper "official action" taken on behalf of someone else or in exchange for political favors.

A judge had acquitted him and his sons of corruption, citing the statute of limitations.