The Romanian hacktivist, Guccifer 2.0 had a massive document dump late Tuesday, releasing the names, addresses, donations, and contact info to more than 100,000 top Democratic donors.

Subsequently, a large number of the donors ended up receiving top diplomatic positions and apparently, the higher the donation, the more plum the position.

This may not have been a coincidence, as Jacquelyn Lopez of Perkins Coie LLP sent an email to DNC staffers asking them to call her so they could discuss the process of handling donations from “pay to play” donors.

Yes, she actually used the phrase “pay to play” when discussing Democratic Party donors:

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More shocking is that some of these donors who ended up with ambassadorships had very little — if any — foreign policy experience to have earned them the position, other than donating the Democratic Party.

Matthew Barzun was at the top of that list, raising more than $3.5 million for the DNC and after giving the Democratic Party millions in small dollar donations he received two ambassadorships – Sweden in 2009 and the United Kingdom in 2013.

Before receiving his important diplomatic position, Barzun’s previous work experience including interning John Kerry in 1989 and working as the chief strategy officer for a media website.

Another big donor was Kirk Wagner who raised more than $2.3 million for the DNC. He played a vital role in winning Florida for Obama, being described as the then senator’s “foul mouthed” de facto communications director. He’s been the ambassador to Singapore since 2013.

Cynthia Stroum gave nearly $1.5 million to the DNC and received the ambassadorship to Luxembourg from 2009 to 2011. Before her diplomatic position Stroum touted herself as an entrepreneur who came from a wealthy family in Seattle – her claim to fame is that she invested in a Tony nominated Broadway musical and Starbucks when it was still a small company.

Here’s the entire list of donors who received top diplomatic and government positions: