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Patrick Leahy: “This is an area where there is a particular Federal interest because if the corrupt official is in State or local law…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2012
This is an area where there is a particular Federal interest because if the corrupt official is in State or local law enforcement, there may be no other way to ferret out the corruption. In fact, in Skilling v. United States, the Supreme Court invited Congress to criminalize undisclosed self-dealing in the specific and narrowly tailored way we do today.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Feb 2, 2012

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