The Long, Sordid History of Foreign Governments Courting Members of Congress

Aaron Coy Moulton, Center for Right-Wing Studies Visiting Scholar, is author of this article in Time magazine discussing how foreign goverments pursue U.S. policymakers in efforts to gain allies in Congress and to shape American public opinion in their favor. Moulton illustrates how this courtship is achieved through lobbying, bribery, and social media manipulation as he depicts the tactics of 1930's Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo.