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A Board Seat For A Cheque
United States v. Siegelman (2011)
Charge: Federal-funds bribery, honest-services mail fraud and conspiracy, and obstruction of justiceCourt: U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (on appeal from M.D. Ala.)State: AlabamaDocket: Statehouse
The facts
A governor was campaigning for a state lottery to pay for education. Prosecutors said the founder of a large healthcare company arranged $500,000 for that campaign, routed through another company and through banks so that his own firm's part in it was hidden, and that the governor then appointed him to the state board that decides which hospitals may expand. The law here requires proof of an explicit bargain, this for that, not merely a donation followed by a favour.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: United States v. Siegelman, 640 F.3d 1159 (11th Cir. 2011)
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