Supreme Court Rules Bribery Statute Doesn’t Criminalize Gratuities for Past Acts
Constitutional Law Reporter
JULY 23, 2024
By contrast, if a federal official accepts a prohibited gratuity, federal gratuities law sets a 2-year maximum prison sentence pursuant to §201(c). As enacted in 1984, the statute at issue in the case, 18 U.S.C. Justice Kavanaugh wrote: The bribery statute for federal officials, §201(b), uses the term “corruptly.”
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