Sexual harassment by an elected official is an uncommon definition of public corruption. (newsday.com)
But an appeals court threw out the conviction last year, after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the definition of public corruption under federal law. (thelodownny.com)
Several prominent cases have been rejected by appellate courts in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2016 decision overturning former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's conviction, which narrowed the definition of public corruption and made those cases more difficult to prosecute. (politico.com)