"public officials overseeing elections “from soliciting, accepting or using certain donations from an individual or nongovernmental entity for the purpose of funding certain election-related expenses.”" Accepting the money is already a violation of 18 U.S.C. 201(b)
This subpart of the statute deals with giving and receiving bribes. The prosecution must show that something was corruptly given, offered, or promised to a public official. The giver of a bribe must have had intent to influence an official act. When prosecuting the recipient of the bribe, the prosecution must show that something of value was corruptly sought, demanded, received, accepted, or agreed upon. The intent of the recipient must have been to be influenced in his or her performance of an official act.
The public official does not need to personally benefit from the bribe, it merely needs to
Good luck getting the D(NC)OJ to prosecute Democrats accepting Facebook money to increase voter turnout in only Democrat regions. Or even prosecuting them for letting these political activists have access to the election processing.
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