Sonia Sotomayor actually said...

The question is a contributor seeking to influence or to buy someone's vote, and there are situations in which elected officials have been convicted of taking a bribe because they have agreed in exchange for a sum of money to vote on a particular legislation in a particular way.

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Sotomayor clarifies the distinction between political contributions and bribery.

05/07/2009

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