Hey, sorry to put this out there on your thread, but I found it by going to your link and then clicking on this one. It sounds right up our alley and is fantastical! Involving a state rep from Alaska. From the article:
In 2004, two years before the now infamous federal investigation into Alaska political corruption burst into public view, Heinze was investigated by the FBI over a complaint she had solicited jobs from Railbelt utilities while a legislator. No charges were filed, and she did not seek re-election, citing health reasons. In 2006, Veco Corp. head Bill Allen told the FBI that Heinze came to his house seeking a job while she was still in office. Allen, who later pleaded guilty to bribery and conspiracy involving other legislators, said he didn't offer her one because he thought she was setting him up. Heinze disputed those assertions. She said Allen knew her cousin, country music star Hoyt Axton, and aunt, Mae Boren Axton, who co-wrote Elvis Presley's first No. 1 hit, "Heartbreak Hotel," and that she and Allen used to talk about that musical connection.

"That rotten --!" she exclaimed in a 2008 interview. "You know that man has sold his soul and lied about everybody.

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