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Patrick Leahy: “My concern, the reason we have these hearings, is that for decades we have used the honest services fraud provision.”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2010
My concern, the reason we have these hearings, is that for decades we have used the honest services fraud provision.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy discusses the importance of honest services fraud in prosecuting corruption.

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