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Briefcase cash is so gauche - you just hire them when they “retire” from public service. Much more proper and you don’t even need to explicitly offer - everyone knows how the bread is buttered.



Also, speaking fees are, funnily enough, not campaign contributions.


There's also great laundering fun to be had with your book, too!


> you don’t even need to explicitly offer

Which has the added benefit of plausible deniability.


Defense contractors seem to have this down to a science.




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