My point is, why does there need to be any air of legitimacy? Those "business" dealings in Ukraine and China etc are already blatantly corrupt bribery schemes t

My point is, why does there need to be any air of legitimacy? Those "business" dealings in Ukraine and China etc are already blatantly corrupt bribery schemes to buy political favors as it is. Deniability is already pretty far fetched, so paying a bit more is hardly going to change that.