CSPAN3 Kelly V. United States Oral Argument July 13, 2024
This theory turns the integrity of every official action at every level of government into a potential federal fraud investigation. It end runs mcnally and skilling by subsuming Honest Services fraud within property fraud and by criminalizing ulterior motives, even without bribes or kickbacks. It would affect a sweeping expansion of federal criminal jurisdiction into a particularly fraught area. This is not the law. This court in cleveland held that Regulatory Authority is not property. So an official who induces a sovereign decision through deceit has not obtained property by fraud. Only when...