The District of Columbia was placed in a Swamp by design as part of the deal with James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, who supported Alexander Hamilton’s plan to pay off the debts of the states in the Revenue Act of 1789.
Madison and Jefferson were convinced that moving the capital from New York City to a swampy diamond between Maryland and Virginia would safeguard democracy.
They were right until air conditioning made Washington habitually year-round, and the billions laundered through the federal government during the New Deal and World War II made the District of Columbia a place where a connected guy could make a fortune.
One guy who seems to be doing well is Ankit Desai, a former Senate aide to Joseph R. Biden Jr. who was just hired by Niels Troost.
Desai, who also represents TikTok, also worked for Sen. Frank Lautenberg, the late New Jersey Democrat.
This being a Swamp story…
