OPINION
SAROKIN, District Judge.
Introduction
One would consider it a given that the solicitation of private gifts by a public official would be a crime; and certainly that a misrepresentation as to the purpose of those gifts would make it more so. There can be little doubt that soliciting funds purportedly for campaign purposes with the intent of using them personally is a fraud—and using the mails for that purpose is mail fraud...
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