Democrats on the House Oversight Committee sent letters to oil companies requesting more information about their executives’ meeting with Donald Trump.

Lawmakers demand details of a Mar-a-Lago dinner where Trump promised to ease regulations on the oil industry while asking executives to steer $1 billion to his 2024 campaign.

  • @[email protected]
    5•2 months ago

    The AT&T article clearly states that it’s quid pro quo, or this for that. That’s not legal.

      • @[email protected]
        2•2 months ago

        It’s not meant to stop it. It’s meant to make money exchange transparent so the law can hold them accountable more easily if they’re used in exchange of preferential treatment.

        I’m not a fan of monetary exchange in lobbying either, but at least now we can see the exchange instead of it being under the table like it was before lobbying law.

        https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying