Would you care to share your links.You say that will never happen here? Bill Clinton sold high end military grade technology to China, in exchange for cash donations.
What happened to Clinton? Nothing. What happened to the people involved? Two got "probation" and "community service". Everyone else, got nothing. Remember Al Gore collecting half a million dollars at a Buddhist Temple, where they take a vow of poverty? How the monks said openly people gave them sacks of money and were told to give it to Al Gore when he showed up?
Not because , I care to defend a politician ( I tend to defend policy , not politicians) , but because I would like to read about it.
It was the news papers in the 90s. Not much you can find online. You'll need to buy a subscription to washington post archives and such, none of which I intend to do.
You can look up the wiki page, but of course... it's wiki.
1996 United States campaign finance controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
Some of the sources listed are good. Others are dubious.
Unfortunately, putting everything on the internet wasn't nearly as prolific back than, as today. So unless you want to dig through paid archives, good luck.