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Re:The whole thing was a scam by specialist on Saturday February 28, 2026 @02:39PM (#47199315)
IANAL, IIRC: SCOTUS has very narrowly defined bribery as explicit quid pro quo. And sometimes not even then.
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Re:The whole thing was a scam by RajT88 on Saturday February 28, 2026 @03:38PM (#47199968)
You recall correctly.

And they did so, so they could take bribes with no consequences as long as they take them the right way.

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Re:The whole thing was a scam by nobody9999 on Sunday March 01, 2026 @07:11PM (#47212269)
>And they did so, so they could take bribes with no consequences as long as they take them the right way.

Yep. cf. Snyder v. United States[0]

[0] https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/06/supreme-court-limits-scop...

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Re:The whole thing was a scam by roughly on Saturday February 28, 2026 @04:22PM (#47200401)
Trevor Noah pretty much nailed this in the first Trump admin:

https://x.com/thedailyshow/status/1177221786720559105

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Re:The whole thing was a scam by trymas on Sunday March 01, 2026 @03:57AM (#47204974)
https://xcancel.com/thedailyshow/status/1177221786720559105
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