Anyways, here are more media examples of favor, few favors and no favors at all.
1. favor:
Maybe Daniel Karp had seen too many episodes of “The Wire.”
In a recent court filing in defense of a Prince George’s County lawmaker, Karp proffers that asking for campaign contributions in exchange for votes is politics as usual. An everyday occurrence.
“A politician’s request for campaign fund raising assistance or donations in exchange for a political favor or vote is similarly not unlawful or independently wrongful,” he wrote on behalf of County Council member Tony Knotts (D-Temple Hills). Knotts is a defendant in a lawsuit over a lease for county office space that alleges Knotts shook down the offices’ developer. In the end, the county never considered the lease.
“Unfortunately, it is something that occurs daily in the political arena,” Karp’s brief says.
“What? That’s absolutely wrong...That’s the definition of bribery,” said University of Maryland Law School professor Abraham Dash.
According to the state code, “A public employee may not demand or receive a bribe, fee, reward or testimonial to influence the performance of the official duties of the public employee or neglect or fail to perform the official duties of the public employee.”
Karp said that because this is a civil suit -- in which damages are being sought -- he simply is letting the court know that the case has no merit.
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