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

• RajT88 8mo 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.
  • nobody9999 8mo ago
    >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] [0] https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/06/supreme-court-limits-scope-of-anti-bribery-law/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/06/supreme-court-limits-scop...
• roughly 8mo ago
  Trevor Noah pretty much nailed this in the first Trump admin: https://x.com/thedailyshow/status/1177221786720559105 https://x.com/thedailyshow/status/1177221786720559105
  • trymas 8mo ago
    https://xcancel.com/thedailyshow/status/1177221786720559105 https://xcancel.com/thedailyshow/status/1177221786720559105