Please do not confuse the legal requirements for the crime of bribery with the concept of corruption.
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Eric Lipton NYT
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
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— Evans v. United States, 504 U.S. at 268.
If you do a Google image search on ‘willfully obtuse,’ Eric Lipton’s picture appears.
You stupid motherfckrs.
The American people do not want to get it. The American people do not want to understand it. The American people do not want to accept it. Not what it means. Not what it is.
We have not been given a choice for generations
They’re also having some trouble with the appearance of a conflict of interest, so, you know
Whatever happened to avoid “even the appearance” (of conflict of interest/ corruption/ bribery).
https://youtu.be/DTtpWgrhS78?si=hCcb7CEMRvx5Oy0E
Of course there is.
Duh.
https://bsky.app/profile/ericlipton.nytimes.com/post/3loy2yktiy22x