It would be huge if they were super bowl tickets.........
It is worse, HE LIED about it but of course, the DOJ declined prosecution. I guess as long as he did not get them from Trump it was OK to lie.
From the OIG report “The senior FBI official initially maintained to the OIG in an interview under oath that the official had paid for the tickets, but five days later admitted to the OIG that the official did not.”
There were two other instances cited, lied again, no prosecution. So, they let him retire and there is no further remedy available. BTW, paying a gratuity is as actionable as accepting one but no mention of that either.
FWIT there was an investigation in the late 70s involving an oil company and the IRS. The IRS agents were found to be accepting gratuities, mostly nominal dinners and the like. The outcome was 2 oil executives went to jail along with an audit manager. Other personnel actions in the IRS ranged from 60 day suspensions and grade reductions to reprimands. The matter involved failure to uncover a slush fund used to payoff politicians over many years. The lead came from cash found in Nixon’s attorney’s safe and traced back to the oil company. IMO, this was the tip of the iceberg as little if anything happened to any politicians.