Bribery

<span style="font-weight: 400;">A former congressional staffer was properly <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/bribery.pdf"><strong>convicted</strong></a> of bribery after taking money from an undercover FBI agent posing as a partner in a medical marijuana dispensary, the Ninth Circuit ruled. The staffer to former U.S. Representative Janice Hahn had promised to make the dispensary’s permit problems go away. </span>

PASADENA, Calif. – A former congressional staffer was properly convicted of bribery after taking money from an undercover FBI agent posing as a partner in a medical marijuana dispensary, the Ninth Circuit ruled. The staffer to former U.S. Representative Janice Hahn had promised to make the dispensary’s permit problems go away.

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