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0 pointsspecialist26d ago0 comments

IANAL, IIRC: SCOTUS has very narrowly defined bribery as explicit quid pro quo. And sometimes not even then.

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RajT8826d ago

You recall correctly.

And they did so, so they could take bribes with no consequences as long as they take them the right way.

>And they did so, so they could take bribes with no consequences as long as they take them the right way.

Yep. cf. Snyder v. United States[0]

Trevor Noah pretty much nailed this in the first Trump admin:

trymas25d ago

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