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nitpicked

(1,238 posts) Tue May 20, 2025, 05:51 AM May 20

Retired four-star admiral found guilty of bribery after accepting $500K a year job in exchange for lucrative Navy contra

https://nypost.com/2025/05/20/us-news/retired-four-star-admiral-found-guilty-of-bribery-after-accepting-500k-per-year-job-in-exchange-for-lucrative-navy-contract/

Retired four-star admiral found guilty of bribery after accepting $500K a year job in exchange for lucrative Navy contract

DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro notched a significant legal victory Monday after retired four-star Navy Adm. Robert Burke was found guilty of bribery charges related to a scheme to steer government contracts to his future employer.

Burke, who served as the vice chief of naval operations during part of President Trump’s first term, was convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, performing acts affecting a personal financial interest and concealing material facts from the US after a five-day trial.

Formerly the Navy’s second-highest-ranking officer, Burke is now the senior-most member of the US military to ever be convicted of a federal crime.
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Retired four-star admiral found guilty of bribery after accepting $500K a year job in exchange for lucrative Navy contra (Original Post) nitpicked May 20 OP

Former VCNO Burke Convicted of 4 Charges in Federal Bribery Trial nitpicked May 20 #1

Typical t-rump trash... wcmagumba May 20 #2

That's good, but how can the NY Post give Jeanine Pirro credit for the prosecution? Mister Ed May 20 #3

Well this story is from the NY Post VMA131Marine May 20 #4

It's nice how they protected the company that did the bribing by concealing their identity. bluedigger May 20 #5

Didn't the Supreme Court rule that officials can legally take money AFTER the dirty deed is done? Midnight Writer May 20 #6

nitpicked

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1. Former VCNO Burke Convicted of 4 Charges in Federal Bribery Trial

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Tue May 20, 2025, 05:55 AM

May 20

https://news.usni.org/2025/05/19/former-vcno-burke-convicted-of-4-counts-in-federal-bribery-trial

A jury convicted former Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Robert Burke of four counts related to what prosecutors call a bribery scheme to get Navy contracts in exchange for a post-retirement job. Burke was convicted of one count each of bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, affecting personal financial interest and false official statement in connection to his relationship with executive training Next Jump.

Prosecutors said Burke routed contracts to Next Jump in 2020 and 2021 in exchange for a position at the company after his retirement, according to the government’s trial brief. Next Jump chief executives Meghan Messenger and Yongchul “Charlie” Kim have also been charged. The three were originally to be tried together, until Messenger and Kim motioned to be tried separately from Burke.

The Navy had previously contracted with Next Jump but ended the pilot program within a year due to it being poorly received, according to the government’s trial brief. That led the Next Jump leaders to reach out to Burke in order to secure another contract, despite the Navy ordering Burke to no longer have contact with them.
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According to the government’s brief, Burke used his positions to force subordinate commanders to contract with Next Jump, despite poor reviews of the product.
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wcmagumba

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2. Typical t-rump trash...

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Tue May 20, 2025, 05:58 AM

May 20

May Buddha help us all. Save us from t-rump and his gang...

Mister Ed

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3. That's good, but how can the NY Post give Jeanine Pirro credit for the prosecution?

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Tue May 20, 2025, 07:14 AM

May 20

How long has she been the DC US Attorney? A week? This lengthy, complex investigation and prosecution would have been undertaken during the time that she was blathering drunkenly as a Fox News host.

DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro notched a significant legal victory Monday after retired four-star Navy Adm. Robert Burke was found guilty of bribery charges related to a scheme to steer government contracts to his future employer.