Obviously nobody will ever see a single cent but this level of bribery and corruption is beyond the pale. Imagine the reaction if this was almost anyone else in any country.
The only two explanations for why it’s ‘allowed’ are that the various layers of government and/or courts who could do something about this are either unwilling or unable to do so. Given that I’m sure they’d find a way of removing a Democrat who behaved in this way, I’m going to conclude that they are unwilling.
I wonder how long it will be before the right wing parties over here are copying it, everything else they do is from the Trump playbook.