If the bribe you’re soliciting is $1,000 in a paper bag, the FBI will arrest you. If it’s $1 billion in dark money, does that make it legal?

https://wapo.st/3UBf4Fy

What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign

Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden’s policies on electric vehicles and wind energy, and other initiatives opposed by the fossil fuel industry.

The Washington Post

@JamesGleick

Sell $100 of addictive drugs on the street corner and you go to jail ..... Sell $1B of addictive pain killers and you go to the C-suite of a pharmaceutical company

Steal a loaf of bread to feed your family and you're a criminal ..... Steal intellectual property to feed your AI bot and you're an innovator

Crime has always been relative to how much money you can allocate to your "Get out of jail free card" expenses.

@NJWookie @JamesGleick An old question: what’s the difference between owning a bank and robbing one?