U.S. v. Robinson

Record contained sufficient evidence to support defendant's conviction on charge of federal-funds bribery in violation of 18 USC section 666(a)(2) arising out of incident in which defendant promised police officer weekly $1,000 payments for police officer to ignore defendant's drug selling operation and made arrangements with same officer to purchase two kilos of seized cocaine at reduced price. Language of business or transaction clause in section 666(a) covers instant bribe to police officer employed by police department that had received federal funds. Moreover, defendant's promise to make weekly $1,000 payments to divert police attention from his drug operations satisfied requirement that transaction at issue was worth at least $5,000.