I wonder what Gallagher’s payoff was. Cash would be too obvious, but he was bought off by something valuable to him. He could have done it the honorable way by not running for reelection and leaving Congress at the end of this year. Instead, he did this in a way most damaging to his district and to the thin Republican majority in the House. Unless he has some medical issue, the only answer is a payoff of some kind.
Bribes are laundered as book deals or Netflix contracts or government contractor no-show jobs.
From the Twitter link: 'Mike Gallagher...is taking a job with major defense tech contractor Palantir, multiple people familiar with the matter told Forbes.'