EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
Defendant appeals his conviction for conspiring to bribe an official of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Among his attacks on appeal, defendant objects to the district court's refusal to instruct the jury on the legal authority of an IRS official to reach a "compromise" with a delinquent taxpayer to settle the taxpayer's disputed liability. Defendant claims that, in the light of the evidence, the instruction was central to the defense...
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