enter real estate tycoon and democratic mega-donor charles kushner. ein: charlie kushner is the father of former white house advisor jared kushner and a major new jersey real estate developer. it became clear to charlie that people with the power to make things happen were democrats and that he himself could be a kingmaker. mcgreevey: charlie was like a get-it-done guy. tapper: so that--that was an authentic connection that you had with him, you think? yeah, oh, definitely, without a doubt. and he helped support you? he raised money? yes. it's expensive to run state-wide in new jersey. -it's like a $40 million race. -oh, it's--yeah. -back then. -yes. mcgreevey needed someone like kushner to bankroll him, so kushner donated huge sums of money to jim's campaign. -thank you. -[cheers and applause] at the same time, there are benefits to having a governor in your back pocket. for someone like kushner, having a close relationship, who can grease all sorts of wheels such as contracts, zoning approvals, and tax abatements. bernstein: that is your ticket to po

that includes charles kushner. he is, of course the father of his son-in-law, jared kushner charles coaston are made a $1,000,000 contribution to mega inke that is one of the a super pac supporting trump's campaign. one of the largest single donations to that superpac. and then you have individuals who are more celebrities and they're using their, their large following support trump, that includes kodak, black, the rapper, who is trump sentence, commuted, or trump commuted his sentence. >> and then there's >> one other individual on i mentioned that's john tate's. he is someone who is a prolonged thai political operative. he works on the ron paul campaign, was later convicted of bribery or if convicted in a bribery scheme related to his work on that campaign. he has now advising trump's campaign as a consultant and he has made more than $70,000 in that role so far >> incredible reporting, of course, you can see more of it on cnn.com and steve, before i let you go, you spoke to a clemency expert who called this situ