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Background
Discussion
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Id. at 65.
Whereas in a case of extortion by force, violence, or
fear, the acts or threats supply the coercion, when
proceeding under a color of official right theory, the misuse
of public office is said to supply the element of coercion.
Id. (quoting United States v. Hathaway, 534 F.2d 386, 393
(1st Cir. 1976)); see also Evans v. United States, 504 U.S.
255, 266 (1992) (adopting the majority rule that the coercive
element of Hobbs Act extortion under color of official right
is provided by the public office itself). In other words, the
importance of a defendants public office or official act to a
Hobbs Act charge is its coercive effect on the payor.
Accordingly, after reviewing the legislative history and
evaluating competing constructions of the statute, the
Supreme Court held in Evans that to prove a conviction for
extortion under color of official right, the Government need
only show that a public official has obtained a payment to
which he was not entitled, knowing that the payment was
made in return for official acts. 504 U.S. at 268.
We interpreted Evans in United States v. Antico, 275
F.3d 245 (3d Cir. 2001), and explained that no official act .
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