Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court. This case requires us to consider whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the conviction of petitioner, an elected public official, for extorting property under color of official right in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U. S. C. § 1951 . We also must address the affirmance of petitioner’s conviction for filing a false income…
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