Tom DeLay Was Forced Out of Politics Because of His

Tom DeLay was forced out of politics because of his involvement in a bribery scandal involving Washington, D.C., lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham resigned from Congress after confessing to accepting $2.4 million in bribes. Former Illinois Governor George Ryan was convicted of steering government contracts to people willing to give him kickbacks and bribes. These three men committed the white-collar crime of:

A) restraint of trade.
B) influence peddling.
C) professional chiseling.
D) embezzlement.