NYC politics
fromThe New Yorker
4 months agoHow Bob Menendez Came By His Gold Bars
Bob Menendez was sentenced to eleven years in prison for bribery, marking a rare case of a senator sentenced for corruption.
"The nature of defendants' conduct (bribery), coupled with the character of the relationship between the bribed officials and the organizations to whom they owed a duty of loyalty (employer-employee relationships), place the schemes presumptively within the scope of the statute."
Jonathan Beaulieu, a 32-year-old man, sneaked onto an American Airlines flight without a ticket at Philadelphia International Airport, causing the flight's cancellation.
In 2011, Jenkins began accepting campaign contributions in exchange for naming the contributors as auxiliary sheriff deputies, giving them the ability to conceal carry and evade traffic tickets.
Attempting to bribe a public official is a blatant attack on the integrity of our government and the trust of the communities we serve, says FBI Special Agent Sanjay Virmani.
The Serious Fraud Office has accused a UK insurance company of failing to prevent international bribery in relation to state officials allegedly paid off in Ecuador.
One of the most extraordinary things about this case is that it was already thrown out once. We think that should have been a clear signal to the prosecution that they had it wrong.