- Fri Apr 24, 2015 1:31 pm
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(B) being a public official, former public official, or person selected to be a public official, otherwise than as provided by law for the proper discharge of official duty, directly or indirectly demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or accept anything of value personally for or because of any official act performed or to be performed by such official or person . . .shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.[36]That covers both Clintons
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The program bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 666. (B) corruptly solicits or demands for the benefit of any person, or accepts or agrees to accept, anything of value from any person, intending to be influenced or rewarded in connection with any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such organization, government, or agency involving any thing of value of $5,000 or more; or(2) corruptly gives, offers, or agrees to give anything of value to any person, with intent to influence or reward an agent of an organization or of a State, local or Indian tribal government, or any agency thereof, in connection with any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such organization, government, or agency involving anything of value of $5,000 or more; shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.(b) The circumstance referred to in subsection (a) of this section is that the organization, government, or agency receives, in any one year period, benefits in excess of $10,000 under a Federal program involving a grant, contract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other form of Federal assistance.
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1, criminalizes the corrupt offer, by mail or in commerce, of anything of value from a public official to a foreign official for an official act to do business.
18 U.S.C. § 203: unauthorized compensation of officials for representing persons before the government (formerly codified at Rev. Stat. § 1782) (enacted 1864)[107]A short list of Federal crimes the whole Obama Administration should be under investigation for.
18 U.S.C. § 204: prohibiting members of Congress from practicing before the United States Court of Claims or the Federal Circuit
18 U.S.C. § 205: officials prosecuting claims against or before the United States (enacted 1962)[107]
18 U.S.C. § 207: "revolving door" statute (enacted 1962)[108]
18 U.S.C. § 208: executive branch conflict of interest (enacted 1962)[107]
18 U.S.C. § 209: executive branch salary supplementation (enacted 1962)[109]
18 U.S.C. § 211: sale of appointive office (formerly codified at 18 U.S.C. § 150, and then 18 U.S.C. § 215) (enacted 1926)[110]
Other18 U.S.C. § 371: conspiracy to defraud the United States (formerly codified at Rev. Stat. § 5440, and then 18 U.S.C. § 88) (enacted 1867)[111]
18 U.S.C. § 610: coercion of political activity
18 U.S.C. § 872: extortion under color of office (enacted 1825)[112]
