this will be something new, and that comes after we got this very great reporting from betsey woodruff swan at politico. on monday jack smith's prosecutors had a closed door interview with a friend of rudy, bernie carric. and they asked him how his pac raised enormous amounts of money. you may remember trump raised $250 million in the eight weeks after the 2020 election, and he did so by running ads like this one. >> america deserves an honest election. this is what they got. suitcases of ballots added in secret in georgia, dead people voting in wisconsin, a money have votes scheme in nevada. poll watchers denied access in pennsylvania, faulty ballot drop boxes, and clerks facing felony charges in michigan. the evidence is overwhelming. >> for months well before trump's latest indictment came out we have seen report after report that special counsel jack myth was investigating trump's use of false claims about the election to raise money. he even had reporting smith was particularly interested in seeing if any of that activity amounted to wire fraud. and now it looks like we have confi