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By preet bharara. >> he doesn't really have ed other than what he says is a reference in an fbi file. did president obama or attorney generalder. >> we have a sitting president who is being investigated, it happens all the time to prosecutors and every districts from time to memorial. there was a garden variety crime that he committed and not the crime of the century. we prosecuted a lot more democrats for this crime for having a straw purchaser donate to a political campaign. >> he convinced friends of his to donate and he would

To run a hand fisted boondoggle run silicon valley type of thing and he ran that. so you don't want to say he is close to putin, he plays by putin's rules to keep his money. >> i thought the 2004 egg collection when you pointed to is interesting which he was essentially kind of a straw purchaser for the russian government. >> well he was trying to curry favor with the kremlin by repatriating this russian cultural heritage at a time when putin was just starting to make russia great again. >> so here is what i find fascinating about what we are -- what is emerging into the light. michael avenatt...

Unscrupulous gun dealers then that will apply across the country and so some states may have laws that allow for conceal and carry. some states may not. there's still going to be differences, but what will at least be consistent across the country is that it's a little bit harder to get a gun. now, we can't guarantee that criminals are not going to have ways of getting guns, but for example, it may be a little more difficult and a little more expensive, and, you know, the laws of supply and demand mean that if something is harder to get and a little more expensive to get, fewer people get them...

With the crime. the investigation could find kmetz should have never had that gun. he would have never passed a federal background check. he had a history of mental illness and the trouble with the city of new hope. yet raymond kmetz was able to buy three guns illegally through a straw purchaser, a friend pretending to buy the three guns for himself. and in a shocking twist, all three guns were being sold by the police department of duluth, minnesota. >> very surprised. being a sheriff of a large midwestern county, one of the largest counties in the country to learn a law enforcement agency ac...

Going through a background check. that is illegal in the state of california. >> right. so what happens -- good morning carol, good morning evan. it could be that these are charges that just are predicated upon the purchasing. and he's a straw purchaser. you are purchasing with no intent to use but you are giving it to someone else. and remember the person you give to, you can gift firearms. it's complicated. i wouldn't recommend it. gave gift card and let the person purchase it on their own. remember, as evan spoke though, he's been questioned by the fbi for a period of time. so we don't know...