Bribery is the offering,giving,receiving,or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official,or other person,in charge of a public or legal duty and to incline the individual to act contrary to their duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity. With regard to governmental operations,essentially,bribery is "Corrupt solicitation,acceptance,or transfer of value in exchange for official action."
James Boyce Black is a member of the North Carolina Democratic Party,and a former member of the North Carolina General Assembly,who represented the state's 100th House district,including constituents in Mecklenburg County. An optometrist from Matthews,North Carolina,Black was elected to 11 (non-consecutive) terms in the House of Representatives,and served as Speaker of the House from January 1999 through the end of 2006,when scandal forced him to give up the leadership post. For the 2003-2004 legislative session Black was elected to serve as "Co-Speaker" with Republican Richard T. Morgan serving as the other Co-Speaker.
Influence peddling,also called traffic of influence or trading in influence,is the practice of using one's influence in government or connections with authorities to obtain favours or preferential treatment for another,usually in return for payment. Influence peddling per se is not necessarily illegal,as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has often used the modified term "undue influence peddling" to refer to illegal acts of lobbying;however,influence peddling is typically associated with corruption and may therefore delegitimise democratic politics with the general public. It is punishable as a crime in Argentina,Belgium,Bulgaria,Brazil,France,Hungary,Italy,Mexico,Portugal,Romania,Spain,and the United Kingdom.
Jack Allan Abramoff is an American lobbyist,businessman,film producer,and writer. He was at the center of an extensive corruption investigation led by Earl Devaney that resulted in his conviction and 21 other people either pleading guilty or being found guilty,including White House officials J. Steven Griles and David Safavian,U.S. Representative Bob Ney,and nine other lobbyists and congressional aides.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is a government agency in the US state of South Carolina. Its mission is to build and maintain roads and bridges and administer mass transit services.
Corruption in South Africa includes the improper use of public resources for private ends,including bribery and improper favouritism. Corruption was at its highest during the period of state capture under the presidency of Jacob Zuma and has remained widespread,negatively "affecting criminal justice,service provision,economic opportunity,social cohesion and political integrity" in South Africa.
Expulsion is the most serious form of disciplinary action that can be taken against a member of Congress. The United States Constitution provides that "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings,punish its members for disorderly behavior,and,with the concurrence of two-thirds,expel a member." The process for expulsion from the House of Representatives differs somewhat from the process for expulsion from the Senate.
Alan McCrory Wilson is an American lawyer,politician,and a member of the South Carolina National Guard serving as the 51st Attorney General of South Carolina since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Patrick DeAngelo Cannon is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served on the City Council of Charlotte,North Carolina from 1994 through 2013 and was subsequently elected the city's 56th Mayor in November 2013. On March 26,2014,Cannon was arrested on charges of accepting over $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as businessmen wanting to work with the city. Cannon resigned as mayor later that evening,and was later sentenced to 44 months in prison.
Corruption in South Korea is moderate compared to most countries in the Asia–Pacific and the broader international community. Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index scored South Korea at 63 on a scale between 0 and 100. When ranked by score,South Korea ranked 32nd among the 180 countries in the Index,where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. For comparison with worldwide scores,the best score was 90,the average score was 43,and the worst score was 11. For comparison with regional scores,the highest score among the countries of the Asia–Pacific region was 85,the average score was 45 and the lowest score was 17.
The Lynx Blue Line is a light rail line in Charlotte,North Carolina,United States. Opened in 2007,it was the first rail line of the Charlotte Area Transit System,and the first major rapid rail service of any kind in the state. The 26-station,19.3-mile (31.1 km) line extends from its northern terminus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in University City through NoDa,Uptown,and South End,then runs along South Boulevard to its southern terminus just north of Interstate 485 at the Pineville city limits. The line carries an average of over 27,700 passenger trips every day and offers connections to the CATS' CityLynx Gold Line which opened in 2015.
The 2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Carolina,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Jaime R. Harrison is an American lawyer and politician who is the chair of the Democratic National Committee. He was chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party from 2013 to 2017. Harrison ran against Senator Lindsey Graham in the 2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina,he was defeated by ten points.
Operation Lost Trust was the name of an FBI investigation into the South Carolina General Assembly from 1989 to 1999. By the end of the investigation,seventeen members of the South Carolina General Assembly were arrested for bribery,extortion,or drug use. Operation Lost Trust is often considered the greatest political scandal in the history of the state of South Carolina. It directly influenced the passing of South Carolina's Ethics Reform Act of 1991,and led to the restructuring of the state government in 1993. In its wake,the once-dominant South Carolina Democratic Party was weakened as a political party,and the Republican Party emerged as a viable political entity in the state.
Richard Quinn Sr. was an American political consultant who,until his death,was under indictment for perjury in a state of South Carolina political corruption case. A long-time Republican Party campaign consultant,he advised the presidential campaigns of Ronald Reagan,John McCain,and Lindsey Graham. He was known as one of South Carolina's most prominent political consultants. He was once the editor of the Neo-Confederate Southern Partisan magazine although he later recanted the views he held while in that position.
David Michael Pascoe is an American lawyer serving as the First Circuit Solicitor in the state of South Carolina since 2005. The First Circuit comprises Dorchester,Calhoun,and Orangeburg counties. In 2016,Pascoe won a Supreme Court case against the South Carolina Attorney General where the Attorney General attempted to remove Pascoe as the special prosecutor in a corruption probe involving the General Assembly. Pascoe oversaw the investigation and secured convictions on five powerful South Carolina General Assembly members that included the House speaker,President Pro Tem of the Senate,Chairman of the House Judiciary,and two former House Majority Leaders.
Richard Quinn Jr. is an American politician who served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1988 to 2004 and again from 2010 to 2017.
The South Carolina Statehouse corruption investigation was a probe into unlawful interactions between members of the South Carolina General Assembly,the political firm of Richard Quinn,Sr.,and major state institutions and corporations from 2013 to 2021. The influence of Quinn's consulting firm was called the Quinndom. By the end of the investigation,four members of the South Carolina General Assembly were indicted on public corruption charges. This investigation is often considered the most significant political scandal in the history of the state of South Carolina since Operation Lost Trust in 1989. Lost Trust directly influenced the passing of South Carolina's Ethics Reform Act of 1991,and led to the restructuring of the state government in 1993. The investigation raised questions about the effectiveness of that reform in the face of political corruption and dark money influence.
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