List of United States federal officials convicted of corruption offenses

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This list only includes federal officials convicted of certain select corruption crimes. For a more complete list see: List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes and List of federal political scandals in the United States.

Dozens of high-level United States federal officials have been convicted of public corruption offenses for conduct while in office. These officials have been convicted under two types of statutes. The first type are also applicable to corrupt state and local officials:^[1] the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision,^[2] the Hobbs Act (enacted 1934),^[3] the Travel Act (enacted 1961),^[4] and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) (enacted 1970).^[1][5] In addition, federal officials are subject to the federal bribery, graft, and conflict-of-interest crimes contained in Title 18, Chapter 11 of the United States Code, 18 U.S.C. §§ 201–227, which do not apply to state and local officials.^[1] Most notably, § 201(b) prohibits the receipt of bribes, and § 201(c) prohibits the receipt of unlawful gratuities, by federal public officials. Lesser used statutes include conspiracy to defraud the United States (enacted 1867)^[6] and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) (enacted 1977).^[7]

Where the defendant is a member of the United States Congress, the Speech or Debate Clause of Article One of the United States Constitution—providing that: "[F]or any Speech or Debate in either House, [Senators or Representatives] shall not be questioned in any other Place"^[8]—limits the acts which may be charged and the evidence that may be introduced.