bribery

China jails sports officials convicted of taking bribes

by

BEIJING — The former president of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison amid a wide-ranging crackdown on sports corruption. Chinese courts on Tuesday handed down sentences of between eight years and life in prison to officials in the Communist Party-controlled sports programs, accusing them of taking bribes and committing other … Read more

DOJ Charges FBI Informant With Lying In Biden Bribery Inquiry

by

WASHINGTON ― A central piece of evidence in the impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden may have just evaporated. The Justice Department on Thursday announced that an FBI informant was lying when he said a Ukrainian oligarch told him he’d bribed Biden. Special counsel David Weiss, the U.S. attorney prosecuting the president’s son Hunter Biden … Read more