United States v. John Bencivengo

OPINION

RENDELL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant John Bencivengo, former Mayor of Hamilton Township, New Jersey, was convicted of violating, inter alia, the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) and § 2, and the Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1952(a)(1) and (3) and § 2, for accepting money from Marliese Ljuba in exchange for agreeing to influence members of the Hamilton Township School Board to refrain from putting the School District’s insurance contract up for competitive bidding. For the reasons set forth below, we will affirm the judgment of the District Court.

I. Background

Bencivengo was elected Mayor of…