Gratuities! You know, gift cards, lunches, plaques, books, framed photos, or *disguising the phrase with a yawn* thick envelopes full of cash. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...
Man, something screwy with them reversing the conviction rather than vacating and remanding. Makes one think that Snyder has some significant political connections.
The way they did it, the case is over, there is no retrying the guy. And this is explicitly after the underlying district court judge found that the conduct would have met the test for bribery as well as a gratuity.