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Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said that with a string of Supreme Court decisions since 2007 narrowing the application of public-corruption laws and loosening campaign-finance limits, ethical limits on Congress were eroding.
Retrial of Abramoff lobbyist Ring starts, tests corruption fight in capital Spencer S. Hsu 2010
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Cott is one of three people who were convicted of public-corruption charges in March after a trial that lasted nearly two months.
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The guilty pleas represented a victory for Mr. Bharara, whose aggressive public-corruption probes have had mixed results.
Senator Admits Bribery Charges Tamer El-Ghobashy 2011
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Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said that with a string of Supreme Court decisions since 2007 narrowing the application of public-corruption laws and loosening campaign-finance limits, ethical limits on Congress were eroding.
Retrial of Abramoff lobbyist Ring starts, tests corruption fight in capital Spencer S. Hsu 2010
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Rep. Darrell Issa (Calif.) and nine other GOP lawmakers cited public-corruption statutes that make it a crime, among other things, to "directly or indirectly promise any employment position, compensation, contract, appointment or other benefit."
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I am pleased to see that New Mexico (my home state) is so moral that the state can be omitted from the public-corruption graph.
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Mr. Vance, now a father of two, attended Yale University and Georgetown Law School before working at the district attorney's office, where he brought murder and public-corruption cases.
The 'World's District Attorney,' Part II Amir Efrati 2010
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Cott is one of three people who were convicted of public-corruption charges in March after a trial that lasted nearly two months.
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Mr. Vance, now a father of two, attended Yale University and Georgetown Law School before working at the district attorney's office, where he brought murder and public-corruption cases.
The 'World's District Attorney,' Part II Amir Efrati 2010
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As that news was being digested, documents obtained by The Washington Post reveal that FBI and Justice Department prosecutors are pursuing a separate public-corruption investigation into large payments, made shortly before Massa resigned, from his campaign fund to his chief of staff, and to renew the lease on the congressman's personal car.
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