Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is bringing corruption charges against five public officials and political candidates who are accused of taking bribes in the form of campaign contributions from a tax attorney who served as a cooperating witness.

The defendants last year took thousands of dollars from the tax attorney in exchange for promises to use their authority or influence to hire or continue to hire his law firm for lucrative government legal contracts, Grewal said in an announcement Thursday.

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