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they are after president trump they want to interfere with his ability to campaign effectively for office for they do not want him to win the presidency. and so they have weaponize the courts and they fundamentally anti- american way to pursue him and persecute him. all americans of all political stripes should be outraged by what's playing out in courtrooms across america today. mark: that's not going to have for the going to ask quick short questions and short answers. what authority does a local elected soros a democrat prosecutor have enforcing a federal campaign laws? any? >> it's a very good question. what alvin bragg is done here in terms of structure this particular indictment is absolutely unprecedented. it's worth noting the election aspects of this case, the biden department of past pressing similar theories in courts and proceedings and yet alvin bragg
they are after president trump they want to interfere with his ability to campaign effectively for office for they do not want him to win the presidency. and so they have weaponize the courts and they fundamentally anti- american way to pursue him and persecute him. all americans of all political stripes should be outraged by what's playing out in courtrooms across america today. mark: that's not going to have for the going to ask quick short questions and short answers. what authority does a local elected soros a democrat prosecutor have enforcing a federal campaign laws? any? >> it's a very good question. what alvin bragg is done here in terms of structure this particular indictment is absolutely unprecedented. it's worth noting the election aspects of this case, the biden department of past pressing similar theories in courts and proceedings and yet alvin bragg
courtrooms right now. they are after president trump they want to interfere with his ability to campaign effectively for office for they do not want him to win the presidency. and so they have weaponize the courts and they fundamentally anti- american way to pursue him and persecute him. all americans of all political stripes should be outraged by what's playing out in courtrooms across america today. mark: that's not going to have for the going to ask quick short questions and short answers. what authority does a local elected soros a democrat prosecutor have enforcing a federal campaign laws? any? >> it's a very good question. what alvin bragg is done here in terms of structure this particular indictment is absolutely unprecedented. it's worth noting the election aspects of this case, the biden department of past pressing similar theories in courts and
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significant? >> i don't think that was a well advised thing to do. >> not well advised? that is the understatement of the year. you think that it is perfectly appropriate, or maybe just ill-advised for a presidential campaign to secretly meet with a russian delegation to get dirt on their opponent? you would merely say that that is inadvisable? >> if you're asking me what i would do, and i hope that i would not do it. it is not illegal. it was stupid, foolish, ill-advised. >> it is illegal to conspire to get incriminating opposition research from a hostile government that is of financial value to a campaign. with that not violate campaign laws? >> i don't know all of those facts to be true. >> your report, mr. durham, does not dispute anything that mueller found, did it? >> our objects, our aim was not to dispute direct -- i have the highest regard for
you would merely say that that is inadvisable? >> if you're asking me what i would do, and i hope that i would not do it. it is not illegal. it was stupid, foolish, ill-advised. >> it is illegal to conspire to get incriminating opposition research from a hostile government that is of financial value to a campaign. with that not violate campaign laws? >> i don't know all of those facts to be true. >> your report, mr. durham, does not dispute anything that mueller found, did it? >> our objects, our aim was not to dispute direct -- i have the highest regard for the lecture mueller, he's a patriot. >> the only distinction between his investigation and you are just that he refused to bring charges where he could not prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and you did. i yield back. >> that is a reference to the fact that durham failed to hear convictions in the trials that he did ultimately bring, which was fairly humiliating. appoint hammered home by schiff there. that is the guy that republican ship served this evening. the theory of his democratic colleagues, congressman schiff will join my colleague ali velshi next hour. i will speak to one of his
get incriminating opposition research from a hostile government that is of financial value to a campaign. wouldn't that violate campaign laws? >> i don't know all those facts to be true. >> your report, mr. durham, doesn't dispute anything mueller found, did it? >> our object or aim was not to dispute director mueller. i have the highest regard for him. he is a patriot. >> the only disfinishing -- he refused to bring charges where he couldn't bring charges and you did. >> the gentleman from colorado is recognized. >> mr. durham, i want as a fellow aloam of d.o.j. thank you for your service, number one. number two, welcome you to congress. >> it is a real pleasure to be here. >> i want to ask you some
christa's question in the last segment, where he said isn't this still a really tenuou case, isn't there a proble because this is a legal issu in this case more than a factual issue. and this is where i wa actually impressed in terms of what was charged there because there's so man different ways in which the da as laid out how he can get to felony he has suggested in his oral remarks that one way is th federal campaign laws. another way is the state campaign laws. a third way is he talked about ami is showing false statements, and this was in furtherance of the state movements. and a fourth wave was ta charges, exactly what you ha laid out, rachel, in terms o the scheme to have michael cohen commit tax fraud which, by the way, is exactl the kind of thing that was alleged in the trump organization weisselberg cas
you don't actually have to commit that crime. so, that's why you would necessarily need to charge it. that's something that alan bragg said also, if one of the crimes tha your thinking could be used as that bump up is a federal, crime and then that is not something you could charge the state court anyway now, this really goes to christa's question in the last segment, where he said isn't this still a really tenuou case, isn't there a proble because this is a legal issu in this case more than a factual issue. and this is where i wa actually impressed in terms of what was charged there because there's so man different ways in which the da as laid out how he can get to felony he has suggested in his oral remarks that one way is th federal campaign laws. another way is the state campaign laws. a third way is he talked about ami is showing false statements, and this was in furtherance of the state movements. and a fourth wave was ta charges, exactly what you ha laid out, rachel, in terms o the scheme to have michael cohen commit tax fraud
this really still a tenuous case, isn't this a problem because this a legal issue in this case than a factual issue this is actually where i was impressed in terms of what was charged here because there's so many different ways in which the d.a. has laid out how he can get to a felony. he suggested in his oral remarks that one way is the federal campaign laws. another way is the state campaign laws. a third way is he talked about ami is showing false statements and this was in furtherance of those false statements and a fourth way was tax charges, exactly what you said laid out in, rachel, in terms of the scheme to have michael cohen commit tax fraud, which by the way is exactly the kind of thing that was alleged in the trump organization of the weisselberg case that just resulted in convictions in november. so those give the d.a. a lot of room