Whether a McDonnell error—i.e., defining the element of "official act" overbroadly in bribery counts and thereby enabling a jury to wrongly conclude that a public official's lawful conduct is unlawful—can invalidate convictions on additional counts that do not have an "official act" element but depend on the jury's assessment of whether that same conduct is unlawful.

Whether a McDonnell error can invalidate convictions on additional counts that do not have an 'official act' element but depend on the jury's assessment of whether that same conduct is unlawful