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Thinks donald trump used his personal lawyer and the "national enquirer." but edwards of course was found not guilty on one count. the jury deadlocked on five others. so, i want to drill down on the level of peril now faced by the president, regardless of what special counsel robert mueller may develop regarding russia. michael cohen has acknowledged being involved in illegal payments intended to influence the election, neither of which were disclosed and both in excess of contribution limits. he says he was directed to do so by the now president, which the president denies. federal election l...

Prosecutors are bringing new focus to the inauguration and money which was allegedly funneled into it. first reported by "the wall street journal." so first, let's get a few things straight about pacs and presidential campaigns. pacs and super pacs, police call action committees are forbidden from coordinating with campaigns and special candidates but they are allowed to take in unlimited amounts of money unrestrained by a campaign's contribution limits. inaugural committees are groups set up by a president-elect to help pay for everything that goes into the inauguration day. like super-pacs t...

Already sensing a loss tonight, potentially losing the house, and already assessing how this will play out tomorrow. the blame game is beginning. looking at one of the first polls closing in that kentucky race with republican incumbent andy barr. that's a race in which paul ryan's super pac has spent $3 million in that race. the national republican congressional committee has not spent anything in that race. they've actually spent $20 million less than it did in 2016. you talk to republicans in the national committee, and they'll say they'll spend $20 million on special elections instead. they...

Let's look at virginia 10, florida 6 and illinois 14. nrcc doing $5 million there for barbara comstock's race. i know she's a strong competitor. she's down in that race. then in florida 6, nancy soderbergh almost doubling the almost of campaign spending that has been spent in that race so far over the republican down there. then illinois 14 at $700,000, that one is kind of a surprise sort of last-minute looks like the republicans might be in trouble there. i'll turn it over to you and you tell me if you made good decisions. >> first of all, let's talk money. we're constantly evaluating how to ...

Public. of course, i think think all should be maybe public, the ones that -- and i don't like this committee classification, what happened, but the chairman did allow me to make those public. and in those documents, in one e-mail from march 2002, you discuss limits on contributions to candidates saying, and i have heard very few people say that the limits on contributions to candidates are unconstitutional. although, i for one tend to think those limits have some constitutional problems. i just want to know with the buckley case from '76 being settled law, it seems like you have some issues w...