Sharon Fairley Comments on Supreme Court’s Decision on Bribery Case
U.S. Supreme Court overturns ex-Indiana mayor's bribery conviction
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor, a decision that could impact the racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
In a 6-3 split along ideological lines, the high court sided with James Snyder, the former mayor of Portage, Indiana, who was convicted in 2019 of taking $13,000 from a trucking company in exchange for granting them city contracts worth about $1 million.
In the ruling that narrowed the scope for federal criminal anti-corruption laws, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the federal bribery law does not make it a crime for state and local officials to accept "gratuities."
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