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Exec AD Inv Memorandum Exec AD Adm. Exec AD LES Asst,-Dir.: dmServs. Ident: Intell. Laborate LETP To :Director Date 2/3/82 Rec.Mgnt. Tech.Servs Training From :Legal Counse Public Affs. Off. - Telephone Rm Director's Sec'y Subje BSCAM PURPOSE: To provide the opinion of Legal Counsel Division (Lcd) on the question of whether a Congressman who turns down a bribe offer violates any law by failing to. report the offer.. RECOMMENDATION: None,. for information only.. ASPROVEP Adm. Servs. Laboratory Crim. Inv. Legal Coun. Ott. ot Cong. Director &Public Affs Exec.AD-Adm. Ident. Rec. Mgnt. Exec. AD-nv. Inspection Tech. Serv's. Exec. AD-LES Intell. Training SYNOPSIS AND DETAILS: On January 27, 1982,:Assistant Director Monroe, Criminal Investigative Division (ciD), telephonically advised Assistant Director Mintz, LcD, that the Director requested oo Aun aangnban. ahan mee Rue a! aaaen naenaeg uo uonendo en the Congressmen who were offered, and refused to accept,. bribes during Abscam to have reported such offers to the FBI or Department of Justice. Based upon the facts and law. outlined below, Lcd concludes that the simple failure to report the offer of a bribe violates no law. On January 29, l982, this matter was discussed. with SA CiD, who provided the following. factual background.. During the ABscAm investigation, six. Congressmen were contacted by intermediaries and were proffered money in return for the use of their influence to. Obtain quick entry into the United States for certain. b6 foreign nationals. None of the six accepted the bribe b7C offers, but the manner of the refusals varied slightly/.. When interviewed, none of the Congressmen attempted. to deny the fact that a bribe offer had been made.. The Cong involved are: 1O FEB 9 1982 7 Mr. Monroe Mr. Andrews Mr. - Mr. LRU 72 MAR 24 198 FBI/DOJ