Wasn’t there a Senator who got nailed for something similar to this. It may have been Jim Wright and I think it cost him his House speakership. He “wrote” a book which consisted mostly of just a collection of old campaign speeches. The only ones who bought this “book” were those institutional buyers seeking influence who would buy thousands of copies at a time.
Ole Jim just didn’t know how to think big enough, did he?
The biggest US scandal before Watergate was Teapot Dome. About $7 million in 2016 dollars was paid. How much have Clintons hauled down? A billion?