The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy was an alleged effort by the People's Republic of China to influence domestic American politics prior to and during the Clinton administration and also involved the fund-raising practices of the administration itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_United_States_campaign_finance_controversy
https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/07/chinese-illegally-donated-bill-clinton-reelection-campaign-media-downplayed/
No one was held accountable. Does this problem get better or worse over 25 years?