3. The intent to influence or be influenced in a transaction "involving anything of value of $5,000 or more;" and
4. Federal funding to the entity involved exceeding $10,000 within the year surrounding the corrupt act.
Based on Martin's article, all of the elements are there. And the story only gets uglier. Reports Martin:
Riley also pressed Strange to hire his legal advisor at the time, Sonny Reagan, and put him in charge of all issues involving gambling in the Office of Attorney General.
"I want you to hire Sonny to be your Kenny Steeley" Riley told Strange.
Steeley was the lawyer in Troy King's office who handled gaming issues. Riley also predicted the term of his successor Robert Bentley would be "a disaster" making it easy for Strange to be successful in 2014.
I am told there were six witnesses to this conversation.
Six people were around to hear this? Sounds like Riley isn't trying very hard to hide his corrupt acts. Why should he, given the Obama DOJ's "look forward, not backwards" policy?
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