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- ↑ Cockerham, Sean; Kizzia, Tom (January 4, 2004). "Alaska's most powerful [unelected] official". Anchorage Daily News. p. A1.
- ↑ Ames, Orrin. "Deprivation Of Honest Services: A Retrenching By The Supreme Court". Professionalism Perspectives. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ↑ Honest services fraud
- ↑ Mauer, Richard (Oct 8, 2010). "US to drop Jim Clark corruption conviction". Anchorage Daily News . Archived from the original on 2010-10-14. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ↑ "Alaska's political corruption scandal reaped prison, vindication and uncertainty for the accused". Alaska Dispatch . Retrieved 2011-08-08.