Cenk uses Meg Whitman, the Walton family, and the Koch brothers as examples for why wealthy businesspeople keep donating millions to Mitt Romney’s campaign. It turns out that having a presidential candidate in hand could help keep law enforcement at bay when a company’s potentially violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. “Are we beginning to see a pattern here?” Cenk asks. “Now that’s 3 for 3, all [saying] ‘You know what? We might’ve paid off some people in foreign countries. It would be really a shame if we were held accountable for that.’ But if you give $400 million to a winning candidate — believe me, you ain’t being held accountable.”
