# Quote — Craig Unger, House of Trump, House of Putin

> [A]n American businessman... [was] talking to a rich Uzbek cotton trader about the pay-for-play K Street lobbyists in Washington. The Uzbek... "You mean you have firms with highly paid professionals who are paid to bribe congressmen?" He couldn’t get over it. Americans had sanitized corruption, institutionalized it, and made it into part of the white-collar, professional world! Not only was it legal, it was a highly paid profession.

- Author: [Craig Unger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/craig-unger.md)
- Book: [House of Trump, House of Putin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/craig-unger/house-of-trump-house-of-putin.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/craig-unger/house-of-trump-house-of-putin/a-n-american-businessman

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> Bayrock’s leadership... billionaire oligarchs from the former Soviet Union.

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