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Honest Services Fraud

Blagojevich Seeks To Have Trial Moved ... To Election Season

Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blagojevich Trial Date, Blagojevich Trial, Honest-Services Fraud, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago News

Lawyers for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich are seeking to delay the start of his trial next summer, court records show....

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The Ring of Truth

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Main Justice, Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff, Col. Oliver North, Kevin Ring, George W. Bush, David Safavian, Department of Justice, Federal Prosecutors, Honest-Services Fraud, Judge Ellen Huvelle, Brendan Sullivan, Judge Antonin Scalia, Judge Dennis Jacobs, Suborning Perjury, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

A judge in D.C. reluctantly declared a mistrial for Kevin Ring, one of Abramoff's trusted lieutenants. It may be a sign that the reign of honest-services-fraud terror by federal prosecutors is ending.

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Honest-Services Fraud: Law Used To Indict Blagojevich Challenged As Vague

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Supreme Court, Jeffrey Skilling, Blagojevich, Springfield, Conrad Black, Chicago, Rod Blagojevich, Politics, Vague, Honest-Services Fraud, George Ryan, Corruption, Illinois, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Among the corruption charges faced by former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is a statute of just 28 words with enough pop to send big n...

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The Fraud of Honest-Services Fraud

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mortgage Brokers, Tribal Casinos, Salvatore DiMasi, Michael Scanlon, Lawyers, John McCain, Jack Abramoff, Referral Fee, Lobbying, Congressional Record, Quid Pro Quo, Antonin Scalia, Native Americans, Bribery, Suborning Perjury, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Plea Deal, Kickback Scheme, Orthopedic Surgeons, Public Relations, Tom Delay, Honest-Services Fraud, Title Insurance, Constitutional Law Professors, Defense Attorneys, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

Essentially, honest-services fraud makes prosecutors omnipotent, because they can charge anybody they want with a federal felony.

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Prosecutorial Misconduct

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Scanlon, Sen. Ted Stevens, President Obama, Col. Oliver North, Department of Justice, Attorney General Eric Holder, Honest-Services Fraud, Justice Department, Sen. John McCain, The Washington Post, Suborning Perjury, Brendan Sullivan Jr., Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

After the dark days at the Department of Justice under President Bush, not surprisingly integrity seems to have returned under President Obama and Eric Holder. But how far will that integrity go?

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