After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling the inquiry.

“Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale.”

  • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 个月前

    The method didn’t always work. Once, Kao complained that a senator had reneged on a deal and he ought to get his donations back.

    “You should not feel aggrieved nor should you ever put that in writing,” Todd Webster, another lobbyist Navatek hired, replied. Webster did not respond to detailed questions.

    I imagine Todd Webster saw his life flash before his eyes there for a moment

  • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 个月前

    This bribe happened in 2019, and the guy who gave it was sent to prison in 2022. Biden and Harris were never ever going to let anything happen to Collins.