Sentences with phrase «narrowed federal corruption laws»

But last month, the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the convictions, ruling that jury instructions hadn't reflected a later U.S. Supreme Court finding that narrowed federal corruption laws, requiring officials to exercise power instead of just make a phone call or set up a meeting.

But McDonnell was actually only the latest in a series of Supreme Court cases over the last two decades that have dramatically narrowed federal corruption laws.

ALBANY — Prosecutors and legal experts shook their heads last year after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed federal corruption laws.

But he said the 2016 Supreme Court McDonnell decision narrowing federal corruption laws — and the «difficulty in proving criminal intent in corruption schemes where there is no evidence of personal profit» — made prosecuting inappropriate.

McDonnell was simply the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions over the past two decades narrowing federal corruption laws.