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Still, what's to make the distinguishment between him paying it directly and somebody else paying it. >> it's quite interesting, the fact it's the same amount. the rnc has put out about $430,000, and he says he's not reimbursing the rnc, but going to pay into this. have you ever heard of other presidents using their own money to help staffers in a legal bind? >> historically, we had heard a pledge from former president bill clinton to do the same, but in the end, his lawyers by all accounts dissuaded him from doing so because the optic, the ethical considerations that suggested conflict of int...

>> you also have -- what you're saying here begs the question, will there be an expectation, might there be at least an expectation of a quid pro quo for the staffer who receives the money. >> let's be blunt. what's the optic on this init doesn't look very good. it's the idea it's hush money. it's the idea you're buying testimony. you really want to be careful about that. we have seen an administration that toes the line in terms of ethical considerations so i'm not vised this is brought up. it's only a pledge of $430,000. fees have excideeded $1 milliono far. >> and the president has family o...