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Could you explain how it would be a violation of the US Act?

The corporate policies I've had to read (without much interest as it's not relevant to my work) do not allow hospitality and entertainment for public officials unless it has been specially authorised by a senior lawyer, which suggests it's not clearly illegal in itself, though of course any attempt to "improperly influence" the official would be illegal.

Obviously it would be bad PR to be involved with the sordid stuff in the article but I'm curious about the legal aspect.