elliott broidy is a big defense contractor. he appears to be in a lot of legal hot water. he was also separately involved in the michael cohen -- you know, one of the hush money payments. >> yes, michael cohen, who had developed apparently an expertise in hush money payments for rich men who had had affairs decided to do a solid for elliott broidy, who had also done this and used the identical contract language he had set up for donald trump to hook up elliott broidy with whom he also served on the republican finance committee. so it's an interesting small world over there as they begin to untangle the threads. andrew prokop, thanks for being with me tonight. >> thank you. >>> i want to turn to a professor of constitutional law who is also a member of the house of representatives, democrat of maryland and a member of the judiciary committee. you're someone who has taught, studied and legislated on campaign finance. i want you to respond to an argument coming from capitol hill from the president and others being campaign finance, are you kidding me? really? is that such a b

bizarrely or not, for that hush money effort, elliott broidy, e the former deputy finance chair of the republican party, appears to have used the exact same lawyers as michael cohen, who were involved in hush money deals designed to silence at least one woman during the campaign who said she had had an affair with donald trump. elliott broidy has since been reported to be entangled in multiple investigations for illegal lobbying and influence peddling and money laundering. nice. but wait, there's more. because at the same time the national republican party last year got steve wynn as their finance chairman and elliott broidy as their deputy finance chairman, at the same time they got those guys installed at the top of the rnc, welcome to the trump era, there was one another deputy finance chairman that was appointed at the same time. and that was this guy, michael cohen. who also ended up having to resign his new deputy finance chairman post at the republican party. michael cohen today was sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in multiple federal crimes, including two

but at the same time, the national republican party last year got steve wynn and elliott broidy, at the same time they got those guys at the top of the rnc, welcome to the trump era, there was also one other deputy finance chairman who was appointed at the same time. and that was this guy, michael cohen. who also ended up having to resign his post at the republican party. michael cohen today was sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in federal crimes, including two campaign finance felonies which prosecutors and the judge today said he was inkahoots with the president of the united states to commit those crimes. you might have seen easter in the news, in the newspaper or online a lot of people making charts, about all the people in the president's orbit who confessed to felonies or heading off to prison. but honestly, as we're thinking about the president's whole political orbit, either planning to go to prison or going to prison, honestly, here's a thought for the republican party, too. it's not like the infection that seems to be spreading out from the president is c