i have a question for dave levinthal. i want to know if he believes that trump committed any , andign-finance regulation does he believe that the clintons and democrats violated any in the last election? host: go ahead, dave. what is your conclusion? guest: the jury very much is still out on whether donald trump violated a law or not. that is why we have a process and will go through a process. of goings on the hook through this process because an entity has filed a complaint. that there isled nothing to be done and they will dismiss the complaint, but it is possible they may take a different direction. the case may be resolved when we have a different slate of commissioners, and it would be difficult to predict outcome of these if we do not vote -- know who the players are. for hillary clinton and barack obama, the fec has ruled that day or people closely associated to them have violated campaign-finance laws it sometime. barack obama-2008 -- barack campaign, they determined it violated election laws and they ultimately a

host: joining us is dave levinthal, senior political reporter at the center for public integrity.e is here to talk about the state of the federal election commission and its ability to oversee campaign-finance laws. guest: good to be with you. host: let's remind our viewers what is the fec