4. CNN, The Situation Room transcript, segment “If they want to prosecute or investigate anyone, start with Tom Homan…,” September 22, 2025, https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sitroom/date/2025-09-22/segment/01. Records Jeffries’s “start with Tom Homan” and “appears to have taken a $50,000 bribe” phrasing.
5. McDonnell v. United States , 579 U.S. ___ (2016), slip opinion PDF, June 27, 2016, https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/579/15-474/case.pdf. Defines “official act” and narrows actionable conduct in bribery cases.
6. U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Resource Manual §645, “Entrapment—Elements,” https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-645-entrapment-elements. Explains inducement vs. predisposition; context for undercover stings.
7. Federal Bureau of Investigation, “ABSCAM,” FBI History, https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/abscam. Overview of the sting; includes officials “caught on tape” and the “larceny in my blood” quote context.
8. Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Operation Greylord,” FBI History, https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/operation-greylord. Summarizes corruption probe of Cook County courts and evidentiary methods.
9. CQ Almanac (1973), “Agnew: Second Vice President in U.S. History to Resign,” https://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/cqal73-867-26366-1225812. Documents Agnew’s resignation and no-contest plea to tax evasion amid bribery investigation.
10. 18 U.S.C. §201, “Bribery of public officials and witnesses,” Legal Information Institute, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/201. Statutory basis; includes coverage of a “person who has been selected to be a public official.”