Global Anticorruption Blog: "Prosecuting Elected Officials for Corruption: A Tale of Four Governors".

"America’s domestic anti-bribery laws and the attendant court interpretations are, for lack of a better term, a hot mess. In principle, the crime of bribery is straightforward: To secure a conviction, the prosecutor need only convince the jury that (1) there was some agreement (explicit or otherwise) whereby (2) the official would receive something of value (3) in exchange for using his official position in some manner. Unfortunately, though, that burden of proof often becomes far more complicated when the alleged bribe recipient is a high-ranking elected official."  http://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2015/02/13/prosecuting-elected-officials-for-corruption-a-tale-of-four-governors/