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The Supreme Court, who are corrupt and take bribes, ruled that bribes are legal. Also that even if they weren't, the law doesn't apply to the President.
This still doesn't fall within their rules. The bribe has to be paid after service for it to be legal.
So for example, if you're a purchasing agent for the army and you have to buy new canvas tents. A manufacturer could tell you if you make the award, they will personally pay you $20 per tent purchased. But they supposedly can't come with 20k in hand and say here you go! Now I get the award for 10,000 tents.
You’re correct, this is the even better kind of legal bribery: lobbying. “Donating” to a cause for favorable rulings later