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Sen. Bob Menendez and wife indicted on bribery charges; DOJ seizes gold bars and $500,000 | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)

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[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He did it wrong, you just have to call them "lobbyists," and have them donate to your campaign or your PAC, (without coordination, nudge-nudge,) and it's all legal.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's not how you get the actual personal spending money though. You set up yourself with a cush retirement job lobbying in between when you hold office, speaking fee agreements, jobs for friends and all sorts of other people who now feel indebted to you, business opportunities that wouldn't be available to others. All those can be legal if done right, under current laws.