But in Trump’s White House, it’s just run-of-the-mill corruption. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters at the White House on July 7. Bob McDonnell, the Supreme Court significantly narrowed what counts as an “official act” for purposes of federal bribery statutes. Now an official act has to involve some sort of formal exercise of governmental power on something specific that is pending before that public official. The DOJ had continued to monitor Homan even after Trump’s election and was considering multiple criminal charges, but then, under Trump’s DOJ, the whole thing just got shut down.