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The convicted official’s “absurd and atextual reading of the statute is one only today’s Court could love. Ignoring the plain text of §666—which, again, expressly targets officials who ‘corruptly’ solicit, accept, or agree to accept payments ‘intending to be influenced or rewarded’—the Court concludes that the statute does not criminalize gratuities at all.” (3/5)

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