This is a list of notable
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
officials convicted of only certain select
federal public corruption offenses for conduct while in office. The list is organized by office. Acquitted officials are not listed (if an official was acquitted on some counts, and convicted on others, the counts of conviction are listed). Officials convicted of state crimes are not listed.
For a more complete list see:
List of American state and local politicians convicted of crimes.
The criminal statute(s) under which the conviction(s) were obtained are noted, as are the names of notable investigations or scandals, if applicable. If a defendant is convicted of a conspiracy to commit a corruption offense, the substantive offense is listed.
Criminal convictions such as
making false statements,
perjury
Perjury (also known as foreswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding."Perjury The act or an inst ...
,
obstruction of justice
Obstruction of justice, in United States jurisdictions, is an act that involves unduly influencing, impeding, or otherwise interfering with the justice system, especially the legal and procedural tasks of prosecutors, investigators, or other gov ...
,
electoral fraud, and
campaign finance regulations,
tax evasion
Tax evasion is an illegal attempt to defeat the imposition of taxes by individuals, corporations, trusts, and others. Tax evasion often entails the deliberate misrepresentation of the taxpayer's affairs to the tax authorities to reduce the tax ...
, and
money laundering even if related, are not included in this list.
Certain details, including post-conviction relief, if applicable, are included in footnotes. For example, several officials obtained post-conviction relief after the Supreme Court's decisions narrowing the mail fraud statute in ''
McNally v. United States'' (1987) and ''
Skilling v. United States'' (2010) and narrowing the Hobbs Act in ''
McCormick v. United States'' (1991).
The
Hobbs Act
The Hobbs Act, named after United States Representative Sam Hobbs ( D- AL) and codified at , is a United States federal law enacted in 1946 that provides:
Section 1951 also proscribes conspiracy to commit robbery or extortion without refere ...
(enacted 1934), the
mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the
honest services fraud
Honest services fraud is a crime defined in (the federal mail and wire fraud statute), added by the United States Congress in 1988, which states "For the purposes of this chapter, the term ''scheme or artifice to defraud'' includes a scheme or ...
provision, the
Travel Act
The Travel Act or International Travel Act of 1961, , is a Federal criminal statute which forbids the use of the U.S. mail, or interstate or foreign travel, for the purpose of engaging in certain specified criminal acts.
The Senate legislation w ...
(enacted 1961), the
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization.
RICO was en ...
(RICO) (enacted 1970), and the federal
program bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 666 (enacted 1984),
[18 U.S.C. § 666.] permit the prosecution of such officials. These statutes are also applicable to
corrupt federal officials.
[Peter W. Schroth, ''Corruption and Accountability of the Civil Service in the United States'', 42 554 (2006).] In addition, federal officials are subject to the federal bribery, graft, and conflict-of-interest crimes contained in Title 18, Chapter 11 of the
United States Code, 18 U.S.C. §§ 201–227, which do not apply to state and local officials.
Governors
File:Blagojevich cropped.jpg, Gov. Blagojevich
File:Ray Blanton.jpg, Gov. Blanton
File:Otto Kerner NYWTS.jpg, Gov. Kerner
File:William Langer.jpg, Gov. Langer
File:Gov Richard Leche.jpg, Gov. Leche
File:1marvinmandel.JPG, Gov. Mandel
File:2007 Governor George Ryan crop4.JPG, Gov. Ryan
File:Don Siegelman at Netroots Nation 2008.jpg, Gov. Siegelman
Cabinet members
Legislators
File:Joe Bruno.JPG, New York Senate majority leader Bruno
File:Salvatore F. DiMasi.jpg, Massachusetts House speaker DiMasi
File:Phil Hamilton.jpg, Virginia state representative Hamilton
File:Pat Nolan & Sheriff John Rovick.jpg, California state representative Nolan ''(left)''
See also
List of federal political scandals in the United States
This article provides a list of political scandals that involve officials from the government of the United States, sorted from oldest to most recent.
Scope and organization of political scandals
This article is organized by presidential terms ...
References
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State officials convicted of federal corruption offenses
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Lists of criminals