[dandellion]

Doubtful how? They have a legal system for it and they do it in the open... They're at 4.26 billions now(*), plus whatever they spend under the table.

(*) https://www.statista.com/statistics/257337/total-lobbying-sp...

[AnimalMuppet]

Domestic lobbying by domestic interests is vastly different than the (foreign) influence operations we were discussing. You can't look at the total spend on lobbying and claim to be making a relevant comparison.