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Is all cob except for that one kernel. obama didn t do anything personally. his campaign. okay? obama for america. they did plenty. they failed to report 1,300 contributions within 48 hours as required by law. and that campaign received some contributions. it also exceeded allowable limits. in total, the contributions amounted about $2 million. so the campaign paid a percentage. $375,000 in fines. it sounds like a lot. and it was. but relatively, in the words of one election attorney, obama was the first billion-dollar presidential campaign. so proportionally, it s not that out of line. regardless, it was still wrong. and trump and anyone else who says this type of violation is nothing needs to remember how little control we have on campaign contributions to begin with. so reporting really counts. all right. i m digressing. here s what really matters here. ....
Lawyer and their sneaky scheme to avoid more damage too his campaign. cohen admitted to making illegal campaign contributions for the principal .500 of influenof sflungs an election. the president s argument isn t true. how do we know? titles 52 of the u.s. code. compare that to obama s campaign, it s like comparing apples to elephants. the obama matter was settled as a civil matter with the fec. cohen is going to prison for an intentionally committed crime. if the president wants to compare to obama s, trump got in ....
Okay? now, what happened here in the cohen case is a different animal entirely. this has nothing to do with the campaign apparatus and everything to do with trump, his lawyer, and their sneaky scheme to avoid more damage to his campaign. cohen admitted to making illegal campaign contributions for the principal purpose of influencing an election. and he tied it directly to the president, saying he was acting at the president s direction. he said someone then running for federal office. obviously it s donald trump. when he paid off karen mcdougal and stormy daniels. so the president s argument that cohen didn t commit a crime just isn t true. how do we know? title 52 of the u.s. code. all right? now, you compare that to the obama campaign violation. it s like comparing apples to, you know, elephants. the obama matter was settled as a civil matter with the f.e.c. ....
You can see it weeknights 6:25 p.m. eastern at facebook.com/anderson cooper full circle. right now the news continues. i want to hand it over to chris cuomo for cuomo prime time. chris? all right. thank you, anderson. i am chris cuomo. plm to prime time. we have new information about what may be next for michael cohen. if he s going to deal with any more authorities. and the president s latest legal misstep. trump has twisted his story once again about the payments made by his lawyer to help his campaign. and this latest one has him tied up in knots. we have trump s former lawyer, whom he called for advice about how to handle the cohen situation. what he thought then and now. and you know the president is on his heels with what just happened because he whipped out his what about defense. what about obama? he did it too. no, he didn t. we have the facts ahead. and a convicted felon gets some ....
Think about that. now, what does this tell us? if the president is going to say this now, he s going to argue in the alternative. even if i did know about the scheme to the pay off my own peck dillos. i did nothing wrong. what is the alternative theory? obama is the real campaign criminal. many are covering these as competing claims. not here. no false equivalency allowed. facts ahead. peck just call geico. geico helps with homeowners insurance? good to know. feeling better? i love you, pookie bear. [parrot 1] i love you, pookie bear. [parrot 2] i love you, pookie bear! [parrots] i love you, pookie bear!!! get to know geico and see how easy homeowners and renters insurance can be. ....