Here was an interesting story I found maybe a week ago. Its a minor point but good supporting evidence. My dig started from Q's mentioning of Maxine Waters when referring to overinflated net worths.

She had been your typical groomed politician, but when the CIA Cocaine pushing in LA came to light by articles published by Gary Webb she came down hard and pused for an investigation. From wiki:

Following a 1996 San Jose Mercury News article alleging the complicity of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Los Angeles crack epidemic of the 1980s, Waters called for an investigation. Waters questioned whether "U.S.-government paid or organized operatives smuggled, transported and sold it to American citizens."[38] The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had failed to find any evidence to support the original story.[39] The Los Angeles Times also concluded after its own extensive investigation that the allegations were not supported by evidence.[40] The author of the original story, Gary Webb, was eventually transferred to a different beat and removed from investigative reporting, before his death in 2004.[41]

Gary Webb, after being fired, continued to dig into the story, and published 3 books in his "Dark Alliance" series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Webb

(((They))) started doing anything in their power to deter him, from blacklisting from jobs to preventing him from getting mortgage loans etc etc. Finally he commited "Suicide"

Thats right. But not just suicide, two shot back of the head suicide. There was outrage in the public but it never went far.

Obviously CIA was complicent, and may/may not have paid off Maxine Waters to not pursue investigation. I'm not sure exactly how money has been come her way but def part of the swamp. And Gary Webb obviously knew things/had enough influence to where he needed to be silanced.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_cocaine_trafficking