louis dejoy's who had access to bureau hopes company who is now retired said quote, lewis was a fund-raiser for the republican party asked employees for money, we gave him the money and then he reciprocated by giving us bonuses. another former employee with knowledge of the process described a similar series of events saying that he orchestrated additional compensation for employees who had made political contributions, instructing managers to award bonuses to those specific individuals. the post notes, quote, all that can be permissible to encourage employees to make donations, reimbursing them for those contributions is a violation of north carolina and federal laws. even -- let's say scandal rich trump administration, this is when that stop, at least for a few days, in the late summer early fall last year, the washington post did a follow-up store where they spoke to a former lawyer who told him this quote, with the facts presented, this looks like a run-of-the-mill but very illegal corporate straw donor scheme. the post also spoke with a former general counsel who said that would stood