mark: what you were chairman of federal election committee what years y were you chairman. i was commissioner from 2000-2005, i s served as chairman in 2004.by mark: how many cases were brought by districttou attorneynts anywhere onfe federadel campaign violations? t would be i approximately zero. you know you hav e two problems. one is that the act includes a broad preand you have a problem with act of 1789, makes clear afens to federal law offenses to federalra law there is exclusive jurisdiction for federal courts. what bragg is saying i m not prosecuting the federal offense but th e state offense that makes it a felony if he committed a
that was something that would convert this misdemeanor into a felony the idea that federal offenses are somehow exempt from this statute doesn t make any sense to me. how is it better for the world if you commit a federal offense as opposed to a state offense? both are bad, and if anything, federal cases are more significant. doesn t make any sense the me, but doesn t mean trump focus won t argue it. wealso heard from trump s new lawyer, lead council here, bill barr talking about that brand new. take a look. he left his firm where he was a partner. he said he could not something along the lines of i couldn t pass up the opportunity to do this, to handle this why do you think he says that? because he hasn t worked with trump before lawyers inevitably are sorry for taking assignments for him spend a lot of time in grand
point, we should have our expectations a little bit tempered because a lot is going to happen after an indictment here. it will be months, maybe up to a year of just pretrial stuff. second, while that is the recent history, trump is certainly suggesting bring it on, and this will only inflame his supporters more. the short answer to what happens with smith and doj is nothing. they go on their same track and their road. there s no i think it maybe affects fulton county but i don t see it affecting doj, and an important point to note, not only does the olc memo not apply, neither of course is a pardon possible because it s a state offense. that magic kryptonite power is gone. let me stay with you for a second, harry. the things people have brought up as an impediment to this kind of a prosecution. number one, michael cohen, they re saying well, they ll try