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Politics? >> i think it is and the way to look at this is he's taking what might be a bookkeeping error from almost ten years ago a misdemeanor in new york law and claiming it's a felony because he now says it was a violation of federal campaign finance law. well, the problem with that is he's a local da. he's got no authority over they recall campaign finance law. the two agencies that do, the u.s. justice department and federal election commission where i served as a commissioner, both of them looked at this and decided there was no violation of the law. so this -- this is such a weak, almos...

On. the key question here, so much to sort out, what do you believe the former president will be charged with? >> well, he'll be charged to he didn't do, we know that for a fact from michael cohen himself and his lawyers. it is a book and record kind of charge and knowing alvin bragg, i assume he's going to try to stack several of these mismeaners that a normal person would never be indicted for or led alone charged with and trying to make a felony of something that the fec had already turned down and the federal prosecutors. that's what happens when he's leading in the polls. >> >> you wonder...

Now, i tf this were true, it would constitute a misdemeanort- and the statute of limitations has already run out for that, for the bookkeeping error, assuming it even happenefod. but bragge apparently is thinking about charging trumy happenp under a felony vef the business records laws,e pubw one that punishes businessesssea for falsifying records as a way to commit another separate crime. that would w be thould be campa finance violation, which, as wet mentioned, was not a campaignio finance violation.m th and we know that from the fec, which polices campaign financea. violations. and by the ...

That there were political motives for brags investigation. >> president trump announced he was going to run for president again, and suddenly, here they go, now they're coming after him for some alleged bookkeeping error. you've got to be kidding me. >> but keeping. jordan and two other house committee chairs effort into the da, demanding that he testify before congress. bragged spokesman responded in a statement that read, in part, we will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the justice process. that, fundamentally, is what it's all about, the justice process. everything else is noise...

Investigation. they cannot investigate a live investigation, and they cannot interfere with a pending case. but that doesn't matter. it will still meet their ends and be quite productive for them. so it's a win-win for house republicans. this was the best case that could come first, that they could call just an old misdemeanor, just a bookkeeping error. obviously, any indictment in georgia or at the federal level over january 6th would be far more difficult for republicans to defend. so they're pretty techled that this is the one that came first and allowed them to set this narrative. >> shan,...