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 I imagine it works like tax evasion. If you fail to pay $10k in taxes, the IRS will hound you until they're satisfied they're squeezed everything they can from you. If you fail to pay $10m, though, they're not going to bother because, apparently, it's just too much work for them.