He’s been “contributing” to many members of our government for years, apparently. Feinstein even let him set up an operations center in her offices.
Older cultures, such as the Chinese, understand the presence and uses of bribery.
It’s kind of funny that the US pretends that it is rare and shouldn’t exist, punishing companies trying to do business overseas via the Corrupt Foreign Practices Act. While, at the same time, our governing officials are more corrupt than they have ever been.