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Which agency is responsible for investigating this conflict of interest?
by alexfromapex 6y ago
Which agency is responsible for investigating this conflict of interest?
- willcipriano 6y agoI think the FBI but they got yelled at in the 70s[0] for doing that sort of work and given new guidelines to prevent it[1] and apparently haven't done much like it since. [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscam https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscam [1]https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/0509/chapter2.htm https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/...
- adolph 6y agoThis wasn't quite the same but had fallout for some elected officials: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff Back in the news last June: https://www.courthousenews.com/lobbyist-abramoff-charged-in-cryptocurrency-case/ https://www.courthousenews.com/lobbyist-abramoff-charged-in-...
- buescher 6y agoNote that Abscam is evidence that it only takes about $50K in 1978 dollars (which would be about $200K today) to bribe a corruptable U.S. congressman.