The piece goes on:

The Times reports, “The revelation confirms long-held suspicions that favours are being offered in return for donations to the libraries which outgoing presidents set up to house their archives and safeguard their political legacies.” Bush loyalists previously said they had “identified wealthy heiresses, Arab nations and captains of industry as potential ‘mega’ donors” to the Bush library.

Says Carpetbagger's Steve Benen, "[T]his kind of corruption is striking, even by the Bush administration’s standards."

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