Follow POL on Twitter The Supreme Court limited the scope of the federal honest-services fraud law to cases of bribery and kickbacks. Zach Scruggs was convicted for his role in bribing a judge, but argued that Skilling applied to him, too. You won't be surprised to learn that the district court didn't buy that argument. [Freeland; Clarion-Ledger]
No surprises on Zach Scruggs
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |
