A wealthy North Carolina investor called on a federal judge Wednesday to dismiss bribery charges against him, arguing that his asking the state insurance commissioner to hire his own company vice ...

Two key figures in the federal corruption case against ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan were ordered released from ...

A contractor who has admitted paying $1 million in bribes to win city of Atlanta contracts paid a former member of Mayor Kasim Reed's administration more than $500,000 in 2014 and 2015, during the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As jurors failed to reach a verdict in Ohio’s FirstEnergy bribery scandal, the two politicians previously convicted for their roles are asking the Supreme Court to intervene.

In Illinois, the line between legal politics and bribery has always seemed a blurry one. Through the years, it’s been debated ...

Three years after the historic “ComEd Four” bribery trial, the convictions of former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and lobbyist ...

WASHINGTON — DC Councilmember Trayon White’s legal defense team has its wish. Last week, a judge, at White’s lawyers’ request, moved the trial to September. White, who represents the District’s Ward 8 ...

Former Illinois House speaker Mike Madigan claims federal prosecutors failed to prove he'd engaged in quid pro quo.

In an easy-to-miss two-line order in its shadow docket, the US Supreme Court just vacated the corruption conviction of a ...