@Aviva_Gary Exactly.
I mean that's not the argument *I'm* making; what I'm saying is that it's so easy for a Senator to accept bribes in all sorts of legal/easy to hide ways you actually have to be a total dipshit to get caught.
But you are correct about the level of corruption in US politics being readily apparent to anyone paying attention. Including John Stewart, who did a whole segment on it in response to Menendez's trial.