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Lobbyists lobby by catering to politicians.
How? By giving them money? Isn't that just used to help them get re-elected, leading to my other questions?
A lot of things people need aren't about money. A congressman might want that his son get's a good job. For a lobbyist it's easy to organize that the son get's a job at the company at which the lobbyist works.
Well to cite a recent scandal by, e.g., giving them free flights to the Dominican Republic and renting them underage prostitutes when they get there.
Ok, so not all lobbyists go that far, but you get the idea that lobbyists don't simply give campaign contributions.
According the article they found no evidence that's the case. It's just an anonymous tip that they are following. These days you can destroy someone's public reputation via anonymous tips,