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SCOTUS dispatch: government lawyer grilled for an hour on meaning of federal corruption statute

JURIST

It is truly—as a former government lawyer—baffling how someone say that [the definition of corruptly] was not contested, that this [gratuity] was wrongful. I feel like we’re in a Senate room drafting language [of a statute]. “Corruptly” as a consciousness of wrongdoing has never been the mens rea for bribery. .

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Last-chance Hearing: Jan. 6 Committee Has Yet To Establish A Criminal Case Against Trump

JonathanTurley

Yet the last hearing seemed to focus on a number of things that did not occur, from a draft tweet that was not sent to an executive order that was never signed. It is the type of evidence used to show mens rea — “guilty mind.” 18, 2020, meeting when two lawyers seemed close to a physical altercation.