Pay government officials a retainer to sign legal documents

A foreign firm just listed on the U.S. stock exchange hired you do help with logistics. Outside the United States, standard business practice is to pay government officials a retainer to sign legal documents that they would not routinely process. The foreign firm’s headquarters abroad can claim these “retainers” as business expenses. Law firms abroad handle the payment of the “retainers” that are billed to your firm as legal fees. Your foreign boss working in the United States ordered you to follow the established practice abroad and pay the “retainers” what should you do?