Common use of Defendant’s Plea to the Information Clause in Contracts

Defendant’s Plea to the Information. During the one-year period beginning January 1, 2013 and ending on or about December 31, 2013, Arkansas received benefits in excess of $10,000 under a federal program involving a grant, contract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insurance, or other form of federal assistance. XXXXXXXX admits and acknowledges that from in or around January 2013 to December 2013, in the Western District of Missouri and elsewhere, he, Person #1, Person #2, Person #3, and others known and unknown to the United States, corruptly gave, offered, and agreed to give a thing of value to any person intending to influence and reward an agent of a local government and an agency thereof, in connection with any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such local government and agency involving something of value of $5,000 or more, namely: • XXXXXXXX, and others known and unknown to the United States gave Xxxxx more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) in cash, and agreed to cause and did cause the Charity to employ Person #14, in exchange for Xxxxx taking favorable legislative action on behalf of XXXXXXXX and the Charity, including steering GIF funds to the Charity and XXXXXXXX Clients; • XXXXXXXX, and others known and unknown to the United States directed cash and checks from the Charity, XXXXXXXX Lobbying Firms, and XXXXXXXX Clients to Xxxxxxx through the SJUMC Discretionary, including a $30,000 check from the Charity deposited into the SJUMC Discretionary account on December 18, 2013, in exchange for Xxxxxxx taking favorable legislative action on behalf of XXXXXXXX, the Charity, XXXXXXXX Clients, and others known and unknown to the United States, including but not limited, to steering GIF funds to the Charity and CRANFORD Clients; and • CRANFORD, and others known and unknown to the United States, offered and gave, directly and indirectly, money and other things of value to Arkansas Senator A in the form of checks; wire transfers; tickets to sporting events; retainers; attorney’s fees; and referrals to provide services to XXXXXXXX, the Charity, XXXXXXXX Lobbying Firms, XXXXXXXX Clients, and others known and unknown to the United States, in exchange for Arkansas Senator A taking favorable legislative action on behalf of CRANFORD, the Charity, XXXXXXXX Clients, and others known and unknown to the United States, including but not limited to, holding up agency budgets; initiating legislative audits; sponsoring, filing and voting for legislative bills, and influencing the award of GIF funds to the Charity and XXXXXXXX clients.