In a stunning defeat for the rule of law, the Supreme Court has decided to set the bar for prosecuting public officials engaged in corruption much higher than anyone has previously countenanced.
Hearing the controversial case of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, the court unanimously ruled in his favor and overturned his conviction for bribery. The reason the court gave for this overwhelming display of support for McDonnell is that the jury who found the governor guilty in the first place didn’t understand what constitutes bribery under federal law and thus believed that what he participated in fit that incorrect definition. Observers who read about McDonnell’s activities for themselves, however, may very well come to a very different conclusion.
Seeking state funding for medical tests of dietary pills he planned to sell, Star Scientific Inc. CEO Jonnie Williams sought an audience with McDonnell to discuss the issue with him. So determined was Williams that he ended up giving over $165,000 in gifts and loans to the governor, gifts and loans he McDonnell insists were not linked to the “official action” Williams requested.
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Yes they did.
This is treason , ..this is the kind of$#%&!@*everyone is talking about…
its time to change that
First clean up the White House , then House and Senate , FBI , CIA , DHS and then Supreme Court …Deportation will be a breeze … Oh yes and bring back our decorated military personel …WHALA America can thrive again…Got to toss ISIS in there also…
Supreme court is not supreme. Only Creator God is Supreme, they are just there because some one thought they needed a job or something. They mean nothing but being a thorn in our sides.
I didn’t know we prosecuted corrupt officials anyway.
Yea judges are just as corrupt as the politicians.
nothing new we get fined for no Obama care they don’t have to use it all laws should apply to all congress included this must be corrected Trump 2016
Why is that they are not above the law. ..take them out!
Sure they do, covering for themselves when their time on the gallos come!