[SauronOfMordor]

The Heritage piece contains a list of some of the groups that got payouts from these agreements:

I regard prosecutors who demand payouts to outside groups as engaging in extortion and embezzlement, and would like to see some prosecutions.

[MtnClimber]

That does seem like extortion for political purposes.

[Socon-Econ]

The Heritage piece contains a list of some of the groups that got payouts from these agreements:
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I regard prosecutors who demand payouts to outside groups as engaging in extortion and embezzlement, and would like to see some prosecutions.
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Is any Republican in Congress drafting legislation that would ban this?