Schmooze (n):
friendly conversation, typically one conducted in order to impress or manipulate others.
Someone who “schmoozes” politicians or their staffers, or bureaucrats would be a corruptor, a manipulator.
Someone who “schmoozes” politicians or their staffers, or bureaucrats would be a corruptor, a manipulator. :::::
Pretty much sums up what Creepy Joe did to Tara Reade. You may have put the finger right on the schmoozing.