United States of America, Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Joseph J. Santopietro Paul R. Vitarelli, Perry A. Pisciotti

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals and cross-appeal primarily concern the interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 666 (1994 & Supp. II 1996) and the continued validity of this Court’s decision in United States v. Foley, 73 F.3d 484 (2d Cir.1996), in light of the Supreme Court’s subsequent decision in Salinas v. United States, 522 U.S. 52, 118 S.Ct. 469, 139 L.Ed.2d 352 (1997). Section 666(a)(1)(B), (b), set out in full in the margin, 1 punishes receipt of corrupt payments by any person who “corruptly solicits or demands” money “intending to be influenced or rewarded in connection…