"Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Thursday told CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge that the communist Chinese government is using blackmail, bribery, and covert operations to target lawmakers on Capitol Hill as part of a broad effort to influence policymaking."
Considering the growing number of leftist/democrat-communists already there, I'll bet that for many, "blackmail" and "bribery" aren't even needed.
They're all-too-ready and willing to engage in "covert operations", free-of-charge...!