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For $15,000 related to election law violations, relating to a state supreme court justice race. he was found to have been illegally coordinating campaign expenditures. what was remarkable about that one is that it went beyond just the fine, which was the largest in wisconsin history at the time. he was barred from participating in wisconsin politics for three years. that was a pretty extraordinary fine that was imposed on mark block. he then went on to become the grassroots organizer for the koch-funded americans for prosperity in wisconsin, was pretty active in wisconsin politics for the last...

Complaint was filed in, is notoriously slow in investigating charges of this kind. so it could take years in some instances. and then the question is, is it just mark block, is it the cain presidential campaign? or are others like americans for prosperity implicated in this? just yesterday, the spokesman for americans for prosperity said it was reviewing what it called financial dealings between that group and the mark block group. so it suggested that they were concerned about this as well. and i should say that the cain presidential campaign is saying they're taking these allegations very se...

Think you pointed out in the introduction the executive director for americans for prosperity in wisconsin. it's the koch brothers founded and funded organization that has helped spur the emergence of the tea party other conservative causes it's promoted. but what specifically got -- led to the complaint today that was filed with the federal election commission is some documents that were obtained by the milwaukee journal sentinel that show that a nonprofit group that was founded by mark block and headed by them -- him had expended funds about $40,000 for the payment of ipads and campaign trav...

Debates with prayer and fasting? >> prayer and fasting and probably a book signing would be a good way. not of a book you can learn something about the country or history or choina. >> how do you think he is preparing? >> right now he is in damage control. if he makes it to the debate and not forced on the sidelines, he will have to be prepared to take a lot of tough questions that will be thrown to him by his character and campaigns and field tough questions and respond to crisis. if this is his crisis management, how would he perform in the white house? >> we are waiting as you speak for joe...

To the cain presidential campaign, about $40,000 to pay for ipads and charter flights for herman cain. and the problem here is that nonprofits are barred by law from expending money for presidential campaigns. you can dona't do that. so what happened today, a public watchdog group called crew in washington filed a complaint with the fec charging that the cain presidential campaign as well as mark block himself had violated campaign law by expending money from these nonprofits to the cain presidential campaign. >> so just to give you some context, this is the same mark block who was found guilt...