King5.com reports that the Building Industry Association of Washington is facing allegations involving campaign finance laws. “They’re trying to buy these elections without complying with election laws,” said Michael Withey. The group is now threatening to sue the building association, claiming the BIAW specifically built a campaign chest of $3.5 million in donations while skirting […]
Day: July 28, 2008
Honest Services in Orange County
This Post article refers to honest services fraud. “This case marks another step in federal prosecutors’ persistent efforts, in the teeth of withering judicial and academic criticism, to impose an undefined federal code of ethics on local elected officials through the vague language of the honest services fraud statute,” the defense argued in an unsuccessful […]