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A letter submitted to an agency by a former government official that simply agreed to an agency assessment and stated that a check was tendered is not a communication submitted with the “intent to influence” as prohibited by 18 U.S.C. § 207(a), even though the former official recommended the assessment while employed by the agency.
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