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bribery

Oct 2020

Texas AG under fire from top deputies, charges of bribery and abuse of office surface

Karen Townsend Oct 05, 2020 10:01 PM

Rep. Chip Roy to Paxton: Resign now.

Jul 2020

Huge. Ohio Republican state House Speaker arrested in staggering corruption case

Jazz Shaw Jul 22, 2020 8:01 AM

Jaw dropping

Feb 2020

Uh oh: Does new Varsity Blues discovery release exonerate Aunt Becky?

Ed Morrissey Feb 27, 2020 8:41 AM

“Singer’s notes indicate that FBI agents yelled at him and instructed him to lie…”

Jan 2020

Dershowitz clarifies: You don’t need a statutory crime to impeach but you do need “criminal-like conduct”

Allahpundit Jan 20, 2020 5:21 PM

Hmmm.

Uh oh. Guaido blocked from National Assembly in Venezuela

Jazz Shaw Jan 06, 2020 10:31 AM

Bribes and foul dealings

Dec 2019

What did Madison really think about impeachment?

Jazz Shaw Dec 23, 2019 6:51 PM

Well, it was a while ago, so…

Hoo boy: Some moderate Dems now pushing censure instead of impeachment

Allahpundit Dec 10, 2019 1:31 PM

Soon.

Nov 2019

Nadler sets expert hearing on impeachable crimes for December 4, invites Trump’s lawyers to cross-examine witnesses

Allahpundit Nov 26, 2019 4:01 PM

Escalation.

Game over: I see no bribery or extortion here, says moderate Republican Will Hurd

Allahpundit Nov 21, 2019 8:41 PM

“It is certainly not how the executive, current or in the future, should handle such a call.”

Sondland: My understanding was that Zelensky had to announce the investigations — not actually do them

Allahpundit Nov 20, 2019 1:31 PM

Motives.

Ratcliffe: Come on, House Dems haven’t shown bribery of any definition

Ed Morrissey Nov 19, 2019 3:31 PM

Turley: “A very sketchy basis.”

Confirmed: Dems switched from “quid pro quo” to “bribery” because a focus group told them it was better

Allahpundit Nov 15, 2019 3:21 PM

Messaging.

Pelosi: Let’s face it, what Trump did with Ukraine is bribery

Allahpundit Nov 14, 2019 3:21 PM

“That is in the Constitution attached to the impeachment proceedings.”

Turley, Starr: House Dems not making a case for impeachment so far — or even a crime

Ed Morrissey Nov 14, 2019 2:01 PM

“You would follow tragedy with farce.”

Schiff: Trump committed a “high crime” — of bribery

Ed Morrissey Nov 13, 2019 8:41 AM

Kind of like … this?

Oct 2019

GOP seeks to block union bribes for new members at VA

Jazz Shaw Oct 01, 2019 6:31 PM

Money for nothing

Jul 2019

Feds: Epstein attempted to bribe potential witnesses after Miami Herald exposé

Ed Morrissey Jul 12, 2019 9:11 PM

Nothing to lose?

May 2019

Breaking: Banking CEO indicted for bribing Manafort to get a Trump admin gig

Ed Morrissey May 23, 2019 12:01 PM

Just how influential was Manafort?

More de Blasio donors plead guilty in corruption cases

Jazz Shaw May 14, 2019 9:21 AM

How’s that presidential campaign going?

Apr 2019

Lori Loughlin’s coming defense: I didn’t know bribery was illegal

Allahpundit Apr 24, 2019 10:41 PM

“I get how it looks on paper.”

So what happens to the college students with the cheating parents?

Karen Townsend Apr 11, 2019 2:31 PM

May depend on if they knew or not.

Mar 2019

Fellow celebrities, late-night comics tee off on Huffman, Loughlin college-admission corruption; Flash: Loughlin in custody

Ed Morrissey Mar 13, 2019 12:01 PM

“Rich kids should have to get into college the old-fashioned way: by their parents donating a library.”

Oct 2018

NYC Mayor subpoenaed in corruption trial

Jazz Shaw Oct 31, 2018 2:31 PM

Have a seat, your honor

Sep 2018

WaPo: Say, this attack on Collins might well be bribery after all

Ed Morrissey Sep 12, 2018 10:41 AM

“It seems kind of icky…”

May 2018

NYC Mayor told by judge to turn over the goods

Jazz Shaw May 03, 2018 10:41 AM

The “goods” in this case being his emails

Mar 2018

Witness in bribery case testifies that NYC Mayor told him, “Do what you gotta do”

Jazz Shaw Mar 27, 2018 2:31 PM

“I don’t want to know about it”

Feb 2018

Is Bibi Netanyahu on the way out?

Jazz Shaw Feb 14, 2018 9:21 AM

Probably not, but it’s still a mess

FBI informant: Russians routed big bucks to Clinton Foundation to grease skids for uranium monopoly

Ed Morrissey Feb 08, 2018 8:41 AM

“I was speechless and angry in October 2010 when CFIUS approved the Uranium One sale to Rosatom.”

Jan 2018

NYC Mayor claims guy who pleaded guilty to bribing him didn’t bribe him

Jazz Shaw Jan 28, 2018 3:31 PM

Was he making it up… to make himself look guilty?

Dec 2017

Make Twitter feuds great again: It’s time for Trump to arrest Rosie O’Donnell for bribery

Allahpundit Dec 20, 2017 11:21 AM

Lock! Her! Up!

A familiar face in government corruption has a big smile on it now

Jazz Shaw Dec 03, 2017 6:31 PM

Dollar Bill is back on the streets

Nov 2017

Menendez jury deadlocked, will try again Tuesday

John Sexton Nov 13, 2017 6:01 PM

“Is there any additional guidance and what do we do now?”

“This is what bribery looks like”: Closing time in Menendez case

Ed Morrissey Nov 02, 2017 6:01 PM

Defense: “These two are friends.”

Oct 2017

Judge to Menendez legal team: “Not even palpable merit” to mistrial motion

Ed Morrissey Oct 30, 2017 4:01 PM

“In 30 something years on the bench, I’ve never heard a more silly objection.”

It’s on: Grassley offers Judiciary hearing to FBI informant in Russian bribery-extortion operation

Ed Morrissey Oct 19, 2017 8:41 AM

Plus a Trump tweak?

Menendez bribery charges in jeopardy?

Ed Morrissey Oct 12, 2017 8:01 PM

Streams of benefits.

Sep 2017

Pitino “effectively fired” as FBI warns: We’re just getting warmed up on “the dark underbelly of college basketball”

Ed Morrissey Sep 27, 2017 4:31 PM

Not just “a few bad actors.”

Defense attorney: Menendez bribery trial an ‘attack’ on Hispanic-Americans

John Sexton Sep 07, 2017 4:01 PM

“It’s an attack on that whole group.”

Apr 2017

Bondi bribery claim dropped for lack of evidence

John Sexton Apr 06, 2017 10:01 PM

“”The majority of the complaint consists of insinuation without any material evidence in support.”

Mar 2017

SCOTUS green-lights Menendez corruption trial

Ed Morrissey Mar 20, 2017 12:31 PM

Decisions, decisions.

Feb 2017

It’s come to this: Merkel now offering cash for migrants to leave the country

Jazz Shaw Feb 12, 2017 2:01 PM

Hey, it’s probably cheaper than a hearing

Aug 2015

Union official busted for taking bribes from pot dispensaries

Jazz Shaw Aug 18, 2015 8:41 PM

Good work if you can get it

Jun 2015

Court documents: Ohio Democratic Party is caught up in major bribery scandal

Gabriel Malor Jun 19, 2015 5:21 PM

Red light.

Feb 2014

Former NOLA mayor found guilty of bribery, fraud, laundering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Erika Johnsen Feb 12, 2014 5:21 PM

“I’ve been at peace with this for a long time. I’m good.”