TAMPA – Federal prosecutors and top law-enforcement officials are set to pull back the curtain Monday on a bribery probe involving public officials, with a Department of Justice press conference scheduled in downtown Tampa. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida has called the event for 1:30 p.m. on March 30, with senior figures from multiple federal agencies expected at the podium and local TV stations planning live coverage.
As reported by Tampa Bay 28, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said indictments in the case will be unveiled during the 1:30 p.m. press conference on March 30. The outlet’s release lists U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe, U.S. Marshal William B. Berger, Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Todd Cavalier and Citrus County Sheriff David E. Vincent as participants, and notes that Tampa Bay 28 correspondent Chad Mills will stream the briefing live on the station’s website and Facebook page.
Gregory W. Kehoe was named interim U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida in March 2025 and now leads the office that prosecutes federal public-corruption cases across the region, according to the Jax Daily Record. William Berger serves as U.S. Marshal for the Middle District of Florida and has overseen major U.S. Marshals operations in Tampa Bay, per the U.S. Marshals Service.
What Charges Could Be Involved?
When prosecutors talk about “bribery offenses involving public officials,” they are typically working with federal laws that outlaw corrupt payments to public officials or to officials connected to programs receiving federal funds. The main tools in that toolbox are the general federal bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 201, and the program-bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 666. See 18 U.S.C. § 201 (text via Cornell LII) and 18 U.S.C. § 666 (text via Cornell LII) for the full statutory language.
What to Watch at the Briefing
Federal prosecutors tend to use press conferences like this to walk through the basics: summarize the alleged scheme, announce the indictments and outline what happens next in court. The official charging documents and formal statements usually appear shortly afterward in a written release. Expect names, specific counts and an overview of the investigation to be laid out at the microphones, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office posting full materials to its news page soon after…