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U.S. v. Project on Gov't Oversight, 616 F.3d 544 (D.C. Cir. 2010)

August 3, 2010

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held that 18 U.S.C. § 209(a) required that (1) the payor intend its payment to compensate for the employee's government work, and (2) the work at issue had to actually be the employee’s government work.

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