SCOTUS dispatch: government lawyer grilled for an hour on meaning of federal corruption statute
JURIST
APRIL 15, 2024
The party briefs mostly focused on the word “rewarded” in the statute. A broad and unclear definition of “corruptly”, she argued, would chill gift-giving to public officials as well as to employees of private entities covered by the statute. I feel like we’re in a Senate room drafting language [of a statute].
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