“The money he got in bribes was hardly “Taxpayer funds”, or are the taxpayers now the intended recipients of bribes which he intercepted?”
Is it your belief that the companies with government contracts that give 2.4 million in bribes to a congressman do not pass that cost on to the taxpayer?
Just curious, how much better than that would the best bid have been if it had been opened to all bidders. Maybe the taxpayer wasn’t too badly cheated after all.
Though of course it still stinks to high heaven that the congresscritter got a kick back. How can anybody with any semblance of ethics DO that.
2.4 Million divided by how many companies?
2.4 Million is no doubt inconsequential compared to the overall program expenses involved.
If it were truly a significant amount for those companies, they would have found a cheaper way to manipulate him.
2.4 Mill. does not begin to compare to the perfectly legal grants and low interest loans congress passes around like Halloween candy to their benefactors.
How much, if any, of that money does he still have?
He did prison, I expect he was also fined, ending with a net loss.
Does he retain his congressional pension?