The US Supreme Court agreed to review the scope of the federal funds bribery statute, an issue which has split the circuit courts, when it granted James Synder’s petition for certiorari Wednesday.
The question in the case is whether 18 USC § 666 criminalizes gratuities—that is, payments rewarding actions an official has already taken or committed to take—without any quid pro quo agreement.
Section 666(a)(1)(B) makes it a crime for a state or local official to “corruptly” solicit, demand, or accept “anything of value from any person, intending to be influenced or rewarded in connection” with government business “involving any ...
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