Kao and his close associates had donated nearly $900,000 to dozens of politicians, allowing Navatek to establish operations in half a dozen states with over $40 million a year in government funding.

Outside of getting caught and jail, just a fantastic investment. Politicians should charge more.

Is this the kind of material that Trump apparently leverages in critical votes?

What happens when not if we find out something similar happened to one or more Supreme Court Justices, and Trump has used the material to get votes?

I have heard it said that Putin only trusts thieves. They are easy to control because they can be blackmailed and can be trusted to do the cowardly thing.