The Chairman was later charged under the federal bribery statute. Will the Chairman be convicted?
The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the congressional committee that oversees the distribution of lucrative federal contracts, had a hard time securing seats to the last public taping of the popular reality television series "Gimme some Love," starring Flavor Pop, a former rap group member. Stu who was a lobbyist, someone who gets paid to bring his client's business to the lawmaker's attention, had tickets to the taping and asked the Chairman if, in exchange for complimentary (free) tickets which had no monetary value, he could meet with the chairman to discuss his client Company Tallman that made airplane windshields. The chairman took the tickets from Stu with glee and said "sure!" The Chairman later had lunch with the Stu and two months later, spoke in favor of the defense appropriations committee of awarding Company Tallman a defense contract worth $10 million dollars.
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Answers may vary: The elements of bribery is receiving anything of value in exchange for official benefit. If the prosecution can prove the tickets had value (even if free) and that value induced the official to take action on behalf of the one giving the value, then a bribe has occurred.
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