take_five_seconds [he/him, any] to news • 6 months agoSupreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favorsexternal-linkmessage-square34 fedilinkarrow-up1159
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minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]hexbear34·edit-26 months agoSoon the only way somebody can be prosecuted for bribery in the US is if they do this in public and there's a photo or video. Show --- Edit Hexbear hosted images are fucky. https://i.imgur.com/GagIGXJ.jpeg link
minus-squareplinky [he/him]hexbear20·6 months agono, you need also written and signed statement that in exchange for goods and services provided you will do x. this is just campaign contribution already link
minus-squareporcupine@lemmygrad.mlhexbear11·6 months agoin order for it to be bribery, one of those hands needs to be black linkfedilink
Soon the only way somebody can be prosecuted for bribery in the US is if they do this in public and there's a photo or video.
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Hexbear hosted images are fucky.
https://i.imgur.com/GagIGXJ.jpeg
no, you need also written and signed statement that in exchange for goods and services provided you will do x.
this is just campaign contribution already
in order for it to be bribery, one of those hands needs to be black