rooms, salaries to friends etc. when they can squeeze those things in the budget? They wield the influence. The payments to them are laundered through other means. Of course they don't take direct payments from the Foundation...even they wouldn't assume people woul let them get away with that. It is an influence vehicle...the money flows (to them) from elsewhere. Need to pay off Bill, call him in for a speaking engagement...inflate the payment(s) by whatever the agreed payoff is. Money laundering made easy.
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