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Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate

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The Government's Brief Identifies Several Instances of Quid Pro Quo Corruption

The government's brief identifies several pretty clear instances of quid pro quo corruption in this context. In kentucky, two governors loaned their campaign millions of dollars only to be repaid after the election by contributors seeking no bid contracts. An attorney general routed 225 state contracts worth nine point six million dollars in legal fees to law firm and lawyers who had given him a hundred and 94 thousand 830 dollars after the election. A political insiters referrd to these payments as apology money, or make a dash.

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