Shocking, yet unsurprising

Shorter Republican lawyer: I've never seen anything like this, but Republicans can't be blamed for being in power at the time.

Maybe that's not so short.

Jan Baran, a Republican lawyer who specializes in ethics law, said he could not recall a time when so many members of Congress had been caught up in so many financial scandals drawing the attention of the Justice Department.

Mr. Baran said it was not surprising that most of the lawmakers under scrutiny were Republicans, given that their party controlled Congress until this year and “money follows power: those that don’t hold power are less susceptible to corruption, because they don’t have anything to sell.”

Emphasis mine.