Bribes and laundering contributions, among other things. Will be interesting to see if the Supreme Court's "bribery is legal" cases factor in. FYI. These are federal prosecutions but the same "bribery should be legal" ethos should apply The court in a 9-0 vote threw out Joseph Percoco's conviction for accepting the $35,000 payment when he managed Cuomo’s re-election campaign in 2014. In doing so, the justices narrowed the scope of a federal anticorruption law. The court ruled that Percoco’s conduct was not covered by the federal law that requires that “honest services” be provided to the public. He was not working for the government at the time, so he had no duty to provide honest services, the court said. In a separate ruling in a related case, the court invalidated a Buffalo, New York, real estate developer’s wire fraud conviction in another blow to federal prosecutors. The court unanimously ruled for Louis Ciminelli, who the government alleged had sought to rig the bidding process for redevelopment contracts in the city. In each case the court, whose members face claims of ethics lapses, made it harder for federal prosecutors to bring corruption cases. Supreme Court throws out convictions in sweeping New York corruption probe
