Former US coal sales exec cites Supreme Court decision in move to vacate verdict
By Samuel Rubenfeld ( July 17, 2026, 00:01 GMT | Insight) -- A former coal sales executive pointed to a little-noticed recent US Supreme Court decision concerning the rights of criminal defendants as a potential reason to vacate his conviction over his role in a scheme to bribe officials of an Egyptian state-owned company for $140 million in contracts.A former coal sales executive pointed to a little-noticed recent US Supreme Court decision concerning the rights of criminal defendants as a potential reason to vacate his conviction over his role in a scheme to bribe officials of an Egyptian state-owned company for $140 million in contracts....
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