Ring Case to Test Corruption Law

• By Jennifer Yachnin
• Roll Call Staff
• July 27, 2010, Midnight

The fate of former Capitol Hill aides caught in the influence-peddling scandal centered on ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff may hang on the trial of their peer Kevin Ring, whose case is among the first to test the effect of a Supreme Court decision that restricted the scope of a key public corruption statute.