’ [in 78 U.S.C. § 1952], Congress has clearly stated its intention to include violations of state as well as federal bribery law."); United States v. Welch, 327 F.3d 1081, 1092-1103 (10th Cir. 2003) (reinstating an indictment and holding that Utah law serves as predicate to define violations of JS U.S.C.

its con- sideration of the Defendants’ motions for failure to state a claim. See Part III below. Plaintiffs place great reliance on Halber- stam v. Welch, 705 F.2d 472 (D.C.Cir.1983) and Bowm v. Quranic Literacy Institute. & Holy Land Foundation for Relief & Devel- opment, 291 F.3d 1000, 1028 (7th Cir.

155, 206, 211, 236, 237, 266 Washington Times, 129 Watergate scandal, 212-13, 278 Weekly Standard, 38 Weinstein, Harvey, 203 Weissmann, Andrew, 278 Welch, Jack, 88 West Bank, 6 White House communications director Dubke as, 208 Hicks as, 297, 307 Scaramuccci as, 273-74, 281-86 White House Correspondents