Here's an example of the phenomenon described above. From http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Records-detail-FBI-s-interest-in-Sweeney-and-2673467.php http

Here's an example of the phenomenon described above. From http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Records-detail-FBI-s-interest-in-Sweeney-and-2673467.php http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Records-detail-FBI-s... "A 26-page FBI affidavit indicates that prior to the 2008 raid, the investigation unearthed information that Sweeney may have received payoffs from Powers & Co., which was founded by Sweeney's longtime friend and mentor, William D. Powers, who was state GOP chairman from 1991 to 2001. The FBI's theory was that Sweeney may have received the undisclosed gifts through the salary, commissions and benefits paid to Sweeney's then-wife, Gaia, who was given a job at Powers' lobbying firm during the height of Sweeney's tenure in Congress. Gaia "Gayle" Sweeney did little if any work for her income, the FBI said, yet the lobbying firm also paid her commissions from a contract the firm had with Siena College. The college received federal grants facilitated by Sweeney, who became a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee in 2001. The FBI said Powers told agents that Gayle Sweeney was a full-time employee who did clerical work. But Gayle Sweeney told the FBI she worked part time, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays, and that she spent most of her time conducting campaign fundraising efforts for her husband."