f >> there is no fec obligation. that's what bradley smith,tion the former fec chairman, hasis d already said . so this indictment wasict a disappointment in one regard and another regarded was r released because they didn'tegat anything else. i just don't know how they think that square peg. . round hole. so alvin bragg on thatg in commercial that you played on ,l which is more powerful thanl o i assure you, will be partur of our motion to dismiss one site ,that commercial, whenasked abou he's asked about, you know, going after donald trump, the question was not even ann articulate question is are you going to convict donald trump? well, before we get there we conviction, we have to getge the investigation, the charges and then the conviction. but we wencht right to convictis and at the break then correct. and he said that's priority or issue number one , really. o yoreu were turning off. e go >> you had no access to evidence. let me go through this indictment now. when they referenceymen the payments, they're all i

they didn't file this with the fec because they didn't have to. this wasn't a campaign exclusive campaign expenditure. this was something that would have been made irrespective of the campaign so there was no file made and where is it a false business record in his own records? in his own personal files? that's the keep point here. had he used campaign funds because they're saying now this was something that should have fallen under the fec this was a campaign finance violation also had he used campaign funds they would be baying for hi scalp saying he used campaign funds personal expenditure so your damned if you do and don't. that's why this prosecution is rot tone the corp and weaponization of our criminal system which is in full effect and now you're seeing calls for biden's prosecution. >> it's going to happen. >> this is where we are going. from now on justice will be used by whoever is in office republican or democratic prosecutors going back to political opponents. now we are harking back to days of communist china soviet russia and nazi g

with former fec committee chairman, bradley smith., is under the bragg theory, that anything you do to help yourself can be considered positive on behalf of a campaign and the rest is ignored. what 'money that bragg isg expending going after trump. couldn 't the argument be made if i'm following bragg alongic, following h logic that every penny spent going after donald trump it will put a positive stin on biden presidential can pain that say reportable contribution and illegal. it goes over the limits.ion. >> well, you know, bragg is i acting as the d.a. within hid.s authority, he is abusing his authority. but i am not sure it is illegal fo r him to be doingfo what he is doing. the point you make is right,s that proves idea that not everything' that might haveev purposere of influluen influence a federal campaignun countsts as a official contribution under the federal law. if you apply that to hillaryf clinton you could sayla everything shery did in her life was to influence her campaign for president. that is jot not the way that law

and we've been with some terrific fec people. bradley smith and i have spoken and he's confirmed that. so it is i really just don't know where they think they're going to wind up here. if it was just to get the , you know, 15 minutes tomorrow to get him into a courtroom and whatnot, who knows? >> let me ask you a final question. considering we all know what bragg said . he ran a campaign to get donald trump one man, one company, the trump organization, one family, the trump family. >> do you believe that this is selective prosecution and prosecutorial abuse on his part? and is there any remedy for you on on that level? of course, that is why it is selective prosecution. you know, again, if he was not named donald trump, there would be no indictment. that's a fact. they've said that too many times. i saw andrew mccarthy, i think echoed that there would not be a case if this wasn't donald trump, you know, and so that's where, you know, we're really gone amok here. you select the person that you don't like, donald trump, and then yo

but cnn has a rationale as to why the fec didn't charge trump. watch this. >> on the federal level they said -- >> they declined. >> before they have written about it in a memo but they declined to prosecute, at first because he was president, and then, effectively because they had other things like the insurrection that they were trying to deal with. >> they never declined to prosecute because they didn't -- they didn't say that the law didn't apply to trump. >> laura: is that accurate? >> well, it's true that they didn't decline to prosecute because they didn't say well the law doesn't apply to trump. of course the law applies to trump. what they held was that the law was not violated at least not a majority on the commission to pursue that. again it goes back to the idea that not everything that might influence a campaign meets that statutory definition. in facts it's worse than that because it's actually illegal to spend your campaign funds for those type of things that benefits you for obligations you might have had even if you didn't run fo

the fec decided not to pursuee a complaint against trump for cog campaign finance rules. so why is alvin bragg joining me now? vimpaign finis a man who undersn brad smith, former commissioner and chairman of the federal election commission. brad , a lot of people hear the acronym fec and their eyes tot you're reallylaze in the spotlight with this this case going on and you said this is all based on a misunderstanding of federal campaign finance law.d on can you explain it in layman's terms? audience? >> sure. i think with the prosecutor, dors attorney , let's start over. i think what the theory is , is that the federal law says that anything that is made, any expenditure, money that is made for the purpose of influencing an election is therefore a political contribution. and thus president trump had to pay any funds to stormyaudien daniels with campaign funds and reportce them as such.ecutor but the thing is that key phrases for the purpose of influencing an election. but that doesn't mean the subjective intent of the spender or the donor. in other words, if i think that

here's a state prosecutor, the fec has turned this down. the federal prosecutors have turned this down. anybody that has looked at it turned it down saying there's no violation. now a state prosecutor is going to bring a case based on a federal law violation that doesn't exist according to the federal authorities. it's surreal. it's shocking. you know, like, we don't know what will happen tomorrow other than pleading loudly not guilty before the judge and go from there. >> sean: there's been a lot of reports toot that there might be a gag order placed on donald trump. a presidential candidate. that has happened in the past. roger stone, i think manafort. i don't remember. know it happened in stone's case. are you telling me there's a possibility that would prevent a presidential candidate from using his free speech rights and defending himself? >> can't be. won't happen. i don't believe anybody is looking for that. that would really set ablaze the passions and the tempers that already have been inflamed by this case. people view this as a p

early don't understan ste the fec has come back and said there was no offense here. there's no violation, not evence close short of campaign finance laws. and on e day they're going >> lave to answer for this charging decision. >> all right. thert me ask you this.s. and there are a number of legal grounds. a motio you're going to make a motion,rn i think, for a change of venue.h other motions to dismiss. i would, you know, walk us through the three that i've been focusing on . on. you would argue that it's basedl upon what i would call faulty legal theory. theory bragg i bragg is arguing that, you know, a mere misrepresent when you misrepresent something on a government document, in other words, recording a payment o dof money as a legal expense,hich which, by the way, as iby mentioned, hillary clinton didyf herself is by itself criminalant and that it becomes a felony simply because the purpose maye have been to violate a federal ,not a state campaign statute.an that's never happened before.rgs i'm sure you're going to argue that the charges b are barred ls by the s

that broke fec rules because it was an attempt to influence voters before the election.nvestigation and the potential for it to influence voters? >> great point. i mean, everyone sees this for the political operation that it is. that's -- they is so evident. even the left, even legal scholars on the left, andrew mccabe, when bragg rolled this out last week, the indictment and the arraignment, even the left and andrew mccabe said not too impressive of a case he rolled out here. we want answers to important questions because after all, we're talking about the guy that is leading in every single poll, the guy that was former president, leading in every poll. frankly we have legislation that we're going to bring forward. if you're going to do something like this, at least it has to be moved to federal court. there's legislative things that we want to focus on as well. >> martha: that's what elections are for. before i let you go, i don't know if we have this video, but it struck me to watch hunter biden walking down the streets and shaking hands and doing the rope line in du

fec agreed to fine over $100 thousand against democrat national committee, hillary clinton 2016 campaignr investigation into alleged misreports of spending related to now infamous style dossier. what happen? a. ledgedly partying campaign reported payments to perkins, as legal expenses. some money was earmarked for paying fusion gps. to conduct opposition re research on donald trump. they were not supposed to put that as a legal expense. were they charged for that? no. you get what i'm saying. even more. "new york post." 31 million to hunter and the bidens. for those wondering why joe biden, peter writes: >> every known deal that by en family enjoyed with beijing was reached courtesy of individuals with spy ties, joe biden benefited from his family foreign deals, we have the foreign money flooding into the clinton campaign. obama campaign. we have joe biden who is bought and paid for by communist china, our number one enemy. not a single criminal investigation at the local, state or official federal level at any of these people. donald trump came into office as a multibillionaire, obama,

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even mention in the indictment, which we expect are likely federal election law issues that both the fec and the doj looked atd pass and passed on . on. now, those are laws that areaggi not in bragg's jurisdiction. on top of that and all again, this all surrounds a legal non-disclosure agreement from,,e what, seven years ago.s >>ag so soo despite this patheth weak, convoluted case, you have many democrats who are hopelessly sufferer's from trump derangement syndrome and now they are quivering convr upset and sad. >> they may not see donald trump in an orange jumpsuit. take a look. >> regardless of what side, regr what party you're in, regardless of anything, it's's just really sad that a former president is getting indicted. well, there is a sadness. i think, that we got to this point in america. >> well, it is ae sad day for america. it's a new low presi for the amn presidency. it's not a celebratory night. hn it is a serious night and a somber moment for our country. >> really. mome this should be a somber moment. right. i have a loti ha ovef friends on the left side of the spectrum wh

gave the company $151,727 per quarter another lobbyist, the mansants raised $20,295, according to new fecnations to hillary's organizations for america during the quarter, elvindor also works for the grocery association, which is fighting against laws on mandatory labeling of products made using gmos, the crisis with the supply of ukrainian food to the eu countries is developing against the backdrop of sabotage of the so-called deal with you, or rather the part of it that concerns russian goods, five points of principle for moscow have not yet been fulfilled. because of which our wheat and fertilizer cannot go where they are most needed in developing countries, while only 20,000 tons were shipped in a move russia was forced to give a signal partners and extended the black sea initiative for 60 days, not 120, but so far the results of the deal, which is related to the removal of restrictions on russian exports. no, we do not ask, but simply demand to use the remaining time so that there is some kind of progress. and if there is no progress, then why such a grain deal, which does not bring

has been in charge of the justice department for last two plus years, they never brought this case, fec never moved on this. and it is not like they were not trying. they actually had michae michael cohen. the fixer formerly of president trump a lawyer, who worked for the trumping oorganization, they had a case on him and had him plead guilty to two cowboy counts of campaign finance violations that i actually don't believe he was guilty of, but helping them to try to prove a case against trump from his perspective he was trying to sell himself as a valuable cooperator. but the reason they went after him on those counts because they were trying to build a case against trump. but they took a long look at it and decided to not bring it i must say, when like at new york law, i don't see how bragg has jurisdiction to enforce federal campaign finance laws. i think that new york network statutes it says that falsecasion of records has to be done with purpose of concealing another crime, it seems obvious to me, they are talking about in new york penal code new york crime. if it's not what is th

the fec gave her a fine and it went away. >> trump's case is better for trump and worse for alvin braggump's attorney says he used his own money to pay off a nuisance claim in 2016. it wasn't campaign money like we saw with the hillary clinton case. these are personal funds used to pay off a nuisance claim. at best this could be a records keeping with a two-year statute of limitations. alvin bragg pushed the d.a. to reject the charges. the federal election commission rejected these charges, then alvin bragg takes a million dollars in campaign support from george soros when he's running for d.a. and he wants to be a puppet here. katie: president trump is expected to be arraigned tuesday. we'll see how new york treats him. i don't think it will be very well. the general counsel for bragg is fighting back. the letter reads in part, based on your close collaboration with trump, it appears you are acting like criminal defense counsel trying to gather evidence for a client rather than a legislative body s seeking. i would assume that's what the judiciary committee which is interested in the w

even if he were telling the truth, there is no fec violation and that is so vital in this case. there was no reporting obligation. you know what is really funny, when we talk about selective prosecution, this is very important. most reporting violations of campaign finance law are almost always never prosecuted as felonies, almost always never. normally given fines. >> meantime congressional republicans say they want answers from bragg. house speaker kevin mccarthy i don't, causing the attorney attempt iting to interfere in our democratic process. >> alvin bragg entering questions in front of congress as soon as we can make it happen. this is unacceptable. >> use of fed i recall funds in this prosecution, we also know this grew out of the special council investigation and of course that statute is a federal statute. and maybe most importantly as everyone understands this is election interference. everything is on the table. >> president trump's next hearing date is scheduled for december 4th. the trial, if there is one, could begin in january right at the start of the 2024 presi

reporting his financial holdings to the fec but he really is something.d on 34 felony counts. he was facing i do know how many much bigger additional indictments. he can't even follow his paperwork according to the law. it is like being in the back of a police car and stealing a dollar out of the ashtray. you know trump, even with a swarm of indictments on the way, he continues to insist he has done nothing wrong. >> here is the story. i did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. most people acknowledge that. did not do anything wrong. i did nothing wrong. i know i did nothing wrong. it turned out i did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. nothing that i did was wrong. it was nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. there was no crime. i did nothing wrong. >> jimmy: you say you did nothing wrong but are you innocent? >> one friend said to be, you have to be the most innocent man in the history of the united states. sophisticated friends have said, you have got to be the most innoce

but the problem for them becomes 2018 in february when michael cohen's lawyer write as lawyer to the fec saying that the trump organization, the trump campaign had nothing to do with this deal, this was between michael and stormy. i think they have a big time line problem, do you see that? >> well, listen, it's very complicated. no question -- >> sean: it's not that complicated. you got -- in 2017, in 2018 they denied any payment was ever made by the trump organization or the trump campaign. >> yeah. no, what i'm -- i am not talking about the intricacies about what happened in manhattan, i'm talking about the time line stormy daniels sues to be released from the nd aws and donald trump allows her to be released from the nda she takes to why she was allowed 0 speak that is probably accurate. >> sean: generally speaking. >> of the time line you talk about that is a different issue senator sean if an nda people enter into an nda should that be respected, you make a deal, you sign your name at that point you accept money. why shouldn't that be a valid legal document? >> well it absolutely sh

the department of justice turned this down, the fec which governs federal election laws says there's no violation here yet somehow a state prosecutor has taken a misdemeanor and tried to cobble it together and make it a felony by making a violation of federal, federal campaign violations. >> joining me now, david schoen former trump impavement lawyer and sol wisenberg former attorney and council. david we start with you, you heard the optimism from the trump camp. what are the chances something is quickly dismissed and if not what does the process look like? >> well, i think the chances, i can't really predict, but i think there are at least three motions that ought to be filed immediately after the arraignment. first of all as to the prorex you know, i've been through this with this judge on a high profile case. they're going to process president trump like they normally do. take certain pedigree information and so on. and then he'll go. >> merchant's courtroom. judge merchant usually allows a still photographer to take a picture sitting at the defendant's table and will move throug

there is no fec violation here it is exactly what cy vance, the former prosecutor in that office turned down three years ago. there's no new evidence. this is just rehashing a zombie case. >> the sec took no action because it was paralyzed essentially. two democratic commissioners wanted to move forward and three republican commissioners did not. they were at an impasse, were they not they did not weigh in on the merit. >> they actually did the chairman bradley smith has been on every news violation saying there is no violation for this to be a federal election law violation, what has to happen is the payments had to be made. not like john edwards or hillary clinton's campaign issues. this was from personal funds for it to be a violation of federal campaign law, it has to be made irrespective of the campaign if it was made irrespective of the campaign, there is no fec violation. >> let me ask you about that i understand the argument. you're saying, look, this can't be essentially a campaign contribution because he wanted to make the story go away for his own reason, maybe so melania doe

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are under these da's and overhaul began in 2015 and has been well written about, well documented in fec records, contributions to organizations, in alvin bragg's case, the organization pledged a million dollars to his campaign. they got a million dollars from soros. they put 500,000 immediately into his campaign and 1% candidate literally charged the president of the united states with nonexistent photo copy crime. when you see this, it crosses all spectrum of society. this man in -- this soldier, this service member who by the way should not drive an uber -- having to take a second job to defend us. that's a whole other story but this is what's going on in america and it's effective because if you undermine the article 3 courts in this country, you undermine the constitution, you undermine the state constitution. cheryl: to be clear because i did look at the facts to have case, he got out of there after the shooting happened. >> calls 911. >> calls 911 and waits patiently and he tells them what happened and the police, the lead directive who testified this in court said that we are not

there is a complaint in the fec right now asking that they find that they made an in-kind donation to biden campaign. that's what it was. they should have their security clearances stripped. they abused their former high authority. they have did not do any due diligence. they peppered the end of the letter with weasel words so they could have deniability now. they saw how the letter was handled by the media, as they intended by calling it russian disinformation deduceing our reporting. they never spoke up. they just -- john brennan and the rest of them fanned out across the left wing media and kept on saying drumbeat after drumbeat this is a straight from the kremlin and, of course, a couple days later joe biden used that letter to get out of jail free effectively at the last debate against donald trump. very effectively it worked. >> bill: miranda, thank you. we'll see how the meeting goes this week and whether or not we learn anything new. thanks for coming on today. appreciate that. we don't have a date for that meeting but we'll watch it and see what it happens. >> dana: it is int

we've got a big week for fec, alphabet, microsoft meta amazon, apple to report joining me crossmark chiefgist victoria fernandez tell us what you are expecting in terms of first quarter, numbers. >> yeah. i think a really interesting week maria. you mentioned tech names but this week is going to give us a really good insight into a lot of the different areas, of the economy, so we've got consumer discretionary names out coca-cola reported, we've got manufacturing we've got transportation, there is a lot of elements here, that we can get a good feel for the economy, we look so far and we say well, you know we're beating expectations a little bit not as much as we do historically on a five or 10-year average but we with also are doing this from a very low bar, earnings expectations have come down about 6% since the beginning of the quarter. we anticipate going to be another negative earnings growth so i think going to be a lot of -- um -- give-and-take, this earnings season numbers bad numbers, mixed bag i expect we see that this week but tech names probably drive volatility in the market.

issue unusual public statement emphasizing the investigation into trump and business far from over the fec showing a judge wayne merchan, done this 15 dollars to biden campaign in july 2020, obviously, not a lot of money but did donate we understand, his daughter worked for kamala harris's campaign. what is your take on the potential, for -- you know, a conflict of interest here. >> well -- what what's happening going on quite a few years we are finding out system is broken two tiered system i tell you what american people we just want fairness we don't want to the feel being bullied seeing right now happens in former president is now what can happen to any of is, this is the way this is the way -- companies that are run by marksists communists operate on fear unfairness no sense of shame we're seeing from not only judicial government process we are seeing in education all across the board, everything they i don't like, there is a sense of unfairness we pushed back on that we are the type of people that okay living with bubble until we find out under attack at this point no question our sy

the fec threw out that investigation in 2021, the fdny prosecutors decided not to charge trump in 2019hat he's being charged for, i'll be really interesting. i would have thought the statute of limitations would have run out -- pete: it did. it doesn't seam to the matter. do they read him his miranda rights? will: that's a good question. i think most of it will take place behind closed doors. one day we'll see a mug shot. brooke, thank you so much. rachel: thank you, brooke. isn't it just clear to you that what he's guilty of is of winningsome had he not won in 2016, this would not be happening. this is a nonissue. except that he won and he refused to go away. pete: this is a sign of weakness from the left, of course. they're so angry, so deranged, so threatened that they're using every tool possible including weakest one they could just to create the dust cloud, the uncertainty. and they're still pursuing other cases -- will: how popular would that mug not be? pete: probably the most popular maybe in american history. will: i mean, replace, you know, obviously in popular culture the c

the fec has opined on that already.he justice department, the federal prosecutors have refused this case because of that. so, you know, it's shocking to me that a state prosecutor would try and prosecute something as thin as this and prosecute a violation of federal election laws when they're state prosecutors which further enhances the position we have taken all along that this is a political persecution. political prosecution. and the weaponization of the justice system which honestly makes me ill. and it's -- it should not be happening in the united states of america. >> bret: we had some reporting that the judge or the prosecutors were concerned about some of the social media posts that the former president has made around this case and that the judge read them from the prosecutors and that he essentially warned, if he saw more of this, he could reconsider instituting a gag order. is that accurate? >> yeah. he didn't warn. he was actually very respectful to president trump. he didn't warn him. he advised both sides,

start with fundraising trump filed a report with th fec yesterday showing that his campaign and his fund raisin committee raised about 18. million at during the firs three months of this year. more interestingly enough is that his campaign says h raised 15.4 million in the las two weeks since he was indicted what do you make of th indictment boosting. what is the center olivia bein targeted legally for trump politically? >> that's been trump's centerpiece of trump's reaso for being since he started running for office in 2015 i think putin himself as - portraying himself as a su decider who's fight agains these forces conspiring agains him. has been central to his messag for the entirety of hi political life i think that the indictmen helps crystallized that. i think it's clearly gonna b rocket fuel for his campaign for his fund raising efforts whether the translates into broader political support. that's the key here. or does that translate int real world political support that means something should he survive th nominating contest that's where the gap is. i think that's still where the

neither could the fec. who regulates this? alvin braxton today and said he was bringing a state federal crime that doesn't exist. it doesn't exist. >> it's a federal crime, not a state crime. it's crazy to hear it on nbc news today, msnbc, this hush money, really, how many women alleging sexual harassment and assault as nbc news paid off this year? i mean, spare me, please. i used to work there. >> it's great to see you tonight. thank you so much. thank you. >> so authorities all but shut down new york city for trump's arraignment today. hundreds of police officers showed up. they closed fdr drive millions of dollars on security because of all the threats and protests . >> this was the scene outside the courthouse today. with the go . why are you trying to instigate violence right now? because i'm black and i like violence. yeah, i'm an animal, so i'm an animal. i'm a black animal. yeah, all white people. yeah, baby . bill hemmer is one of the few news anchors we trust in this country. and he's our friend. he hosts america's n

as we reference the fact that the doj, fec, prior d.a. cyrus vance included an alvin bragg himself declined to prosecute, we have a prior prosecutor saying yeah, i actually don't know either. the world is waiting for not only the legal concept that this is based on but perhaps some reassurance that it's actually a bit stronger than from what we anticipate thus far is so flimsy. 34 counts of flimsy does not make it stronger. >> douglas: it is said, isn't it, "the new york post" reported that bragg might've been partly pushed into this by his former associate publishing his book. saying that bragg had dropped the ball on trump. bragg was kind of stunned by it and gets back into it. do you think there's something in it? >> emily: that are -- there are reports to that. that there was some type of pressure not only from prior prosecutors who work in part at the law firm where chuck schumer's brother practices. the tenor and tension between that and the political machine that is the democrat administration. people have wondered about that tensi

problem for them thenar becomes 2018 in february whene l michael collins lawyer writeaws a letter to the fec saying thath the trump organization, the trump campaign hads absolutely nothing to do with this deal . this was betweenas michaelme lin and stormi. soe i thinkpr they got a big timeline problem. do you see thasee thatt? well, it's is very complicated. there's no question it's not complicated. >> obviously, he got all these payments for 2017 in 2018.t they denied any payment was ever made by the trumpha organization or the trump campaign. yeah. intricac what i'm talking i'm nt talking about the intricacies of what'ds happened in th manhattan. i'm talking about the timeline, whice timeh is stormy daniels ss to be released from the nba and donald allows her to be released from the nba.a that's the timeline she stickso0 to as to why she then came out and was allowed to speak. >> of and i think that's probably accurate. i started really speakin g. >> last question, the timelinee you talk about, that's a different issue. okay, ifan nda pe an nda people enter into an nda, should that be resp

even people at the fec rejected that argument. but also the department of justice went down this road before. it tried -- democratic presidential candidate john edwards, a stronger case, a hush money went to a woman, in that case they had a child. the jury rejected those claims. a good reason why the department of justice may not have proceeded. but still, if the second crime here, the thing that makes it a felony in the first-degree is a federal election charge, we have a very significant threshold question that will face the court. that has never been done to our knowledge in any case in history. it not only speaks to selective prosecution, it suggests exclusive prosecution to just donald trump. and so -- >> gillian: quick follow-up, jonathan, sorry to interrupt, coming up against the end of the hour and make sure i get some clarity from you on this. you talk about this has never happened in history, we know that former political candidates, presidential candidates, including hillary clinton have paid financial penalties for cam

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that's where you really think the fec, which did impose a small fine on "the national inquirer," needs to step in. it can't be a small fine you need to be thinking about, okay, what is the business model for "the national inquirer," for fox news the next media company that's going to pretend to be giving news but is actually going to be promulgating lies, is there going to be some regulatory damage that's going to deter that so we don't have the repetition it's really easy to simply avoid denigrating a company so you won't get sued but still promulgate a big lie you need to have the government step in to have some kind of regulation of that kind of conduct. >> so one of the loudest promoters of the big lie, my pillow ceo mike lindell, has been ordered to pay $5 million to a man who successinglyfully debunked his claims of the stolen election. a panel unanimously ruled against lindell, who issued what he called the "prove mike wrong challenge. >> that wasn't hard. >> at a cyber symposium he hosted in 2021 lindell promised to give millions to anyone who could prove his cyber data about t

however, the fec, the federal electoral commission, looked at this before and they said they didn't thinkevidence emails evidence messages, emails showing that it was a campaign contribution. but on the other side, you have all the trump people and a lot of non—drug people and a lot of non—drug people saying this looks very much like the weaponization of justice. you have an attorney general who was elected in new york in the state of new york, who was elected on the promise to get donald trump. you have the district attorney, alvin bragg, who's pursuing this case, who elected on the promise who was elected on the promise to it's very, very to get trump. it's very, very political . and you now have political. and you now have a sort of cheapening of justice in a way, because you have now house democrats promising to pursue alvin bragg, the district attorney, as well as a pursuit of joe biden over payments to his family from china. so, you know, is america going to just turn into a sort of farce, really, where political parties just pursue each other through the courts, like you say? could

and hillary clinton was charged by the fec, a big fine , because her campaign a big fine, because herpaign , she deducted all the money she spent on the russia. russia russia hoax to create that for two years. so there's not a fairness and there's never been a fairness . and, you know, this a fairness. and, you know, this this two party just this system has prompted at least i've seen ten. i think there are more black people who have done videos saying donald trump has become a black man . the justice become a black man. the justice system is treating him just like they treat black people. his polls have gone from 12 points ahead to 30 points ahead. this is his walk of fame. ahead to 30 points ahead. this is his walk of fame . john, if he is his walk of fame. john, if he if there was no a fair and no cover up, why was that money paid by him to his lawyer then on to this actress . you didn't on to this actress. you didn't just give it to her, according to this letter . sorry. just give it to her, according to this letter. sorry. right. according to this letter from michael cohen, his f