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Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) called out the Democrats at an impeachment hearing on Tuesday for continually changing the charges against President Donald Trump, with the latest being bribery, even though the more than 3,500 pages of transcripts so far have generated only one reference to it relating to former Vice President Joe Biden.

Democrats are turning to “bribery” because they have failed to find any other crime the president committed. They will fail there, too.

During a press conference on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that Wednesday’s testimony in the public impeachment hearings was “devastating” and that the testimony “corroborated evidence of bribery” that had been discovered in the impeachment inquiry. Pelosi said,

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) says he cannot tell the difference between Vice President Joe Biden’s son’s foreign business dealings and the college admissions bribery scandal.

At least three Texas state representatives said they believe the House Speaker has not been truthful about a meeting with a political activist where an alleged bribery attempt took place. The comments come after the legislators listened to a purported recording of the meeting captured by the activist.

A Florida business owner was found guilty of conducting a multi-million-dollar food stamp fraud scheme where he exchanged bribes and other favors with daycare centers to secure catering contracts.

The Hallmark Channel has cut ties with actress Lori Loughlin after she was arrested for her alleged part in the college admissions bribery scandal revealed by the Department of Justice this week.

The New York Times on Wednesday chronicled the meteoric rise and equally precipitous downfall of Chinese oil tycoon Ye Jianming. The “People’s Liberation Army princeling” rolled into Washington as a shining example of China’s booming economy but now sits in an unknown Chinese prison cell while his empire collapses and his underlings face charges in U.S. federal court.

Government officials in Venezuela offer a bribe menu that allows people to purchase anything from a university degree to a wiping of their criminal record, according to a Bloomberg report published Tuesday.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – The Latvian member of the European Central Bank’s top policymaking board has rejected charges of bribery. Latvian broadcaster LSM cites Ilmars Rimsevics, head of the Baltic country’s central bank, as saying: “I completely deny all these

School officials have removed a Philadelphia teacher from the classroom for allegedly taking bribes from students and giving them good grades in return.

A federal judge in Arizona sentenced a former Border Patrol to seven and a half years in prison for his role in helping smuggle marijuana into Arizona. The agent received bribes for assisting in the smuggling effort.

The Senate Ethics Committee announced a finding on Thursday evening that New Jersey Senator Robert Mendez (D-NJ) violated federal law and Senate rules by accepting unreported gifts from a friend and political ally. The committee said Menendez then used the power of his office to assist the friend. The New Jersey Democrat avoided a conviction in a federal corruption trial in 2017.

McALLEN, Texas — For almost 10 years, a Democrat Texas judge took bribes from at least one attorney in exchange for favorable rulings, federal prosecutors claim.

A federal judge in South Texas sentenced a former customs officer to prison for his role in a failed human smuggling scheme. The law enforcement officer used his position at an international port of entry to allow an illegal immigrant to enter the country.

A former Texas community college board member will spend nearly six years in federal prison for taking more than a quarter of a million dollars in bribes in exchange for using his position as a trustee to help people secure contracts.

Alabama candidate for the U.S. Senate Doug Jones worked for a Democratic politician’s foundation caught in a still-unraveling bribery scandal, according to a new report from local WHNT19 News.

The Justice Department has taken “preliminary steps” to investigate whether managers at Uber violated U.S. laws against bribing foreign officials.

The ties between elected officials and the Mexican transnational criminal organizations we call “cartels” do not stop at the U.S.-Mexico border. In many instances, such corruption manifested on the north side of the line. We detail below five such instances where Texas border sheriffs were indicted and sentenced to prison for such ties.

The small number of bribery and corruption cases by employees at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could have a wider ranging impact on border security and immigration enforcement. The department’s 250,000 employees and vast law enforcement activities are about to be turned over to a new DHS Secretary who will have to address the emerging issue of official corruption.

Israel’s No. 2 ranked tennis player said Wednesday that efforts to bribe tennis players to throw matches are pervasive throughout the sport, and that every player — from the lowest-ranked all the way to the highest — has been approached.

The Clinton campaign struggled over data showing the public favors strengthening laws against bribery, noting that Hillary Clinton’s political record would make it difficult for her to champion the issue.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer and two illegal alien accomplices have been arrested and charged in a sexual favors and cash for smuggling of illegal aliens across the border scandal.

Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have filed 15 additional corruption charges against the mayor and city manager of the south Texas town of Crystal City. The new charges include wire fraud, theft of services, and additional conspiracy charges.

Guilty was the verdict on all 29 federal corruption charges against Democrat Rep. Chaka Fattah Sr. (PA), a lobbyist, a member of Fattah’s congressional staff, and associates on Tuesday.

The owner of several U.S. energy companies pleaded guilty Thursday to bribery and tax charges in what federal authorities say was a scheme to secure millions of dollars in contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned energy company.

Former Democratic California State Senator Ron Calderon has admitted that he took tens of thousands of dollars in bribes for legislative action as he submits a guilty plea to a federal corruption charge.

Fred Buenrostro, the former Chief Executive Officer of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) was sentenced to 4.5 years in federal prison this week for what a U.S. District termed “a spectacular breach of trust.”

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a report Wednesday finding that annual cost of bribes paid in both developing countries and advanced economies amounts to $1.5 to $2 trillion globally.

With a notorious Democrat in the White House, it bears repeating that there are corrupt politicians in both the Republican and Democratic Parties. The “corruption caucus” in the political world is both bipartisan and growing.

A Mexican businessman has been sentenced to spend 20 years in a U.S. federal prison after his conviction on charges of money laundering and bribery.

U.S. Capt. Daniel Dusek, the highest-ranking U.S. Navy officer charged so far in a bribery scandal, was sentenced Friday to 46 months in prison for selling classified information to an Asian defense contractor in exchange for prostitutes, luxury hotel stays, and other favors.

The embattled Mayor of Crystal City, already facing a recall election, was arrested Tuesday night during a city council meeting after the mayor and citizens got into a pushing and yelling match that got out of hand. Things got worse for the mayor when he was found with an illegal pill in his pocket when he was processed into the jail.

Following FBI raid that shut down the city hall in Crystal City last week, as reported in Breitbart Texas, one member of City Council has resigned. Three other city leaders are now facing a recall election.

About four dozen current and retired state prison guards were arrested and charged with bribery and distribution of drugs after a series of raids across the state of Georgia on Thursday morning.

A multi-agency law enforcement task force raided and shut down the city hall building of the town of Crystal City, Texas, on Thursday. Five city officials and a Texas businessman were arrested on corruption charges.