Culture of corruption is a political slogan used by the United States Democratic Party to refer to a series of political scandals affecting the Republican Party during George W. Bush's second term as President of the United States. The phrase was originally coined by District Judge Frederick Motz while sentencing Maryland lobbyist Gerard E. Evans to 30 months jail for his part in a scheme in which he lobbied against non-existent legislative proposals to control lead-paint. The alleged co-conspirator, Democratic politician Tony Fulton, was found not guilty of 11 charges of fraud. As a slogan, it fits into a family of similar phrases in which political parties characterize themselves or their opponents of having a set of values inculcated at the cultural level (e.g. Culture of Life, Culture