WOMAN LOBBYIST LINKED TO BRIBE
$50,000 to Congressman
The memo was confidential, but someone leaked it to the Washington Post.”
... believe me, that swing vote came expensive. The bastard wouldn't do it for a cent less than fifty thousand dollars. I know that's a big slice out of the slush fund, but I think you'll agree that it's money well spent. Section C would have cost us millions. And don't ask me if I could have gotten someone cheaper. Nobody else was willing to listen.
The first questions were bad enough. “What did $50,000 buy?”.
What is the name of the politician?” But then new questions began appearing. “Why has Shirley Knapp disappeared?” “Is she really a sick woman?'. And finally, “Who read that memo—and decided that the only way to handle it was by murder?”