Guys like Lott have known about this sort of thing for many years. Unfortunately, they are all equally corrupt. The Democrats possess the USPS; the Republicans get Department of Defense, and so forth.
Makes it difficult on the folks who find themselves tagged with the wrong party label in the wrong federal agency.
Who was paying Willhite's salary? If it was Uncle Sam, then were we taxpayers paying someone already on the government payroll to lobby the government? Is that legal? This stuff makes my brain hurt.