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At his sentencing, Judge P Kevin Castel called him a "two-faced politician" who had used his influence and national security forces to protect drug traffickers who had bribed and supported him.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

For more than a decade, tax consultant Ramin Salari fought charges that he had bribed former Los Angeles County assessor John Noguez in a pay-for-play conspiracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023

Justice Department concluded after the fact that Qatari officials had bribed members of the selection committee, and also convinced other members they didn't bribe, for unclear reasons, to ride along.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2022

In a SonntagsBlick interview on March 6, however, Reinhardt objected when a reporter said Novartis had bribed U.S. doctors.

From Reuters • Mar. 24, 2021

Then, after he had served only six and a half years, he was pardoned by the governor of Texas; Middleton had a girlfriend, and Lewis’s family believed that she had bribed authorities.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann