BNA has this report ($) and WSJ blog this one on Senator Patrick Leahy’s introduction of a bill to amend the “honest services” statute. This is the statute that was at issue in Skilling v. United States, which held that it reaches only bribery and kickbacks, not undisclosed self-dealing. Although the main focus of this week’s Senate Judiciary Committee appears to have been on self-dealing by corporate officers and directors, the statute would also cover public officials.