The issue focused on federal employees and federal contractors with federal contracts of $10,000 or more. The Justice Department ultimately declined to sue the federal contractor.

In court papers, the Justice Department described the illegal activity as criminal and described it as criminal fraud.

The Justice Department attorney said that while it was illegal to illegally influence federal employees to illegally influence federal contractors, it was legal to illegally influence federal contractors to illegally influence federal employees.

The Justice Department attorney also said that while it was illegal