A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell in a ruling that makes it harder to prosecute elected officials accused of bribery.
The justices ruled the jury received faulty instructions about what constitutes bribery under federal law.
McDonnell was convicted in 2014 of accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from a wealthy businessman in exchange for promoting a dietary supplement.
The former governor says he never took any official action to benefit Star Scientific Inc. CEO Jonnie Williams or pressured other public officials to do so. McDonnell says he simply performed routine courtesies for Williams like setting up meetings and hosting events.
Prosecutors said McDonnell accepted personal benefits with the understanding he would try to take official action to help Williams.
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Can you make the correlation to Hillary?
David DeGerolamo
That is funny. When I was in LEO class, they said never accept any gift in uniform period. They also went as far as to state, never accept any gift in or out of uniform that might look like a bribe. The simple cup of coffee example was used.
Herein lies the crux of our problem. It’s a big club….
And we are not in it.
Then we should form out own club.