The Bribe That Nobody Got: US v. Mayor Thao
The federal indictment against David Duong describes a curious bribery scheme with two alleged payments. The first: $75,000 for political mailers supporting Sheng Thao’s 2022 mayoral campaign. The second: $90,000 in payments to Thao’s partner, Andre Jones, through a housing company called Evolutionary Homes. Both components have problems that the indictment, not inadvertently, fails…
