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David Gura hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Conflicting information from weekend to weekend about what the president may or may not do, david. Geoff, thank you very much. Appreciate it as always. Geoff bennett joining us from the white house. I want to turn to my panel. Joyce, let me start with you. Bearing in mind, youre not an expert on election law, but i want to stick with one point that geoff just raised there about the dangers, the legal dangers of taking a meeting with representatives of a foreign country to offer dirt here on an opposing candidate in a u. S. Election. Help us understand the legal consequences of that. Theres a very specific statute that prohibits this kind of conduct. It makes it illegal to accept or to solicit a donation or a contribution related to a u. S. Election from either a foreign citizen or a foreign government. So on its face, that prohibition would seem to apply pretty clearly. If, for instance, while run ....
Pressed back and said i disagree with that, perhaps shows there s no political hay to be made out of this moment when he was mad, where he was insulted, where lebron james called him divisive and he seemed extremely determined to prove lebron james right. using the spasm metaphor here, there have been a series of spasms that might make one wonder if there is a condition more than anything else. the president singling out an individual. when you look at how he s done it and what he s said about another athlete and another person of color, there is a trend that s emerging here, pretty clearly. well, there s absolutely a trend. and i think that you re right. the individual, the athlete, the black athlete that he is dog whistling right now, that needs to be considered. you re talking about a very successful black man who has started a school to serve underserved youth in akron, and frankly, taking over the role that the government should be taking in this situation. and then calling hi ....