So this is how some operate at high levels.
He didn't get a $500k contract, only a $355k contract and he quit a few months later.
WaPoQuote:
A career Pentagon official who had a romantic relationship with a married four-star admiral could become a key government witness against him, according to his lawyer and court filings in a high-profile U.S. military corruption case that accuses the admiral of steering work to a New York company in exchange for post-retirement employment.
The woman is the only uncharged person who attended a key lunch meeting in July 2021, where prosecutors allege the Navy's former second-highest-ranking officer, Adm. Robert P. Burke, 62, agreed with two executives to award a sole-source contract and help win further Navy business for their company in exchange for a $500,000-a-year job and stock options after he retired.
He didn't get a $500k contract, only a $355k contract and he quit a few months later.