Excellent questions. I’d sure like to know.
My bet: Payment are for services already rendered that we know little about. Contracts already steered to the company. Protective legislation already passed. Etc.
That’s exactly what it is, the speeches are just a ruse, an excuse to hand over that money. I mean seriously, what kind of nut would hand over a quarter of a million bucks to these two crooks just to hear them jabber on? If I was an investor in that company or an employee I would flip out, I would go nuts from such a waste of money. But it isn’t a waste because it’s bribe money. It’s unreal how these two can stay out of jail.