The trial has to go through in all cases of bribing:

- If I’m the politician, then I need to keep the company on the edge until the end of the trial where I promise them to be acquitted;

- If I’m the CEO, I need the trial to go through and acquit me, because it guarantees me against future trials.

> I need the trial to go through and acquit me, because it guarantees me against future trials

On substantially identical charges, where the principle of double jeopardy holds sway.

In the same jurisdiction*