public official
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Caller IDs for bogus calls appear as legitimate agency numbers, emails carry official seals and accurate agency language, and in more advanced attacks, AI-generated deepfake audio and video replicate a public official, Dressler says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Meanwhile, oil industry executive Olatimbo Ayinde, 54, denies one count of bribery relating to Alison-Madueke and a separate count of bribery of a foreign public official.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Ismael Arvizu, 26, said he was charged with trespassing, disturbing the peace, resisting arrest and threatening a public official.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
He can, and presumably will, mount a plausible argument that the disciplinary counsel cannot sanction a public official based on its own subjective view of what crosses the constitutional line.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026
Robert Todd Lincoln went on to a stellar career as an attorney and then public official.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
