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You’d be forgiven if you thought a story about a $125,000 attempt to bribe a juror had occurred abroad. Or in a Trump trial. But it happened in suburban Minneapolis this weekend in a $250 million Covid-related fraud case. The jurors are supposed to be anonymous to all but the lawyers for defense and prosecution, yet a woman dropped a bag of cash off at the home of the juror’s father in law, calling her by first name, promising more for acquittal. Dressed in black, a mysterious woman arrived at a juror’s suburban house late Sunday night, clutching a party bag stuffed with wads of cash, nearly $…

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