If you or I paid an official off & they had edvidence you would be arrested ,booked in jail, and a prosecutor would present a case infront of a Judge & Jury in a courtroom.
In Congress thats different they call that "Lobbying" & K-Street very prominent in Wash/Dc .
Same thingy happens at State & Local level on smaller scale.
Anyways somehow the people who legislate laws decided they are exempt from the rules and happy accept "Donor Money" themselves but would have you arrested & prosecuted in the Court System.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ame ... r-congress