he is twisting it to try and apply it to donald trump so even in my view worse than a jon edwards case's worse in yet another way in the edwards gates it's entirely clear they were paying his supporters were paying this woman in order to protect his political viability. where as in the case of mr. trump that was probably a consideration or may have been a consideration for this a number of other considerations of protecting his wife, his children, commercial interests and so on. i just do not think there is any real basis for an election this campaign expenditures i always put it to the people when you contribute money to a campaign is this what you expected to be spent on? the answer is no it's a personal expense. mark: only come back what is the hush money? they keep calling it hush money. art nondisclosures agreements signed as a matter of routine throughout this country throughout the day including media corporations including government officials like members of congress including the judiciary. they keep calling it hush money. is it not a nondisclosure agreement? a routine contra

that was the case against jon edwards.d to turn a perfectly legitimate donation to his campaign in which case that donation was used to keep his lover out of sight. they tried to turn that and rewrite the statute that was illegal campaign contribution that should have been reported a different way. the jury found six charges not guilty or a hung jury with one juror. the department of justice decided not to take that case. guess what the former biden employee at the department of justice who worke work for letia james and alvin bragg he is using the same case they figure it's a different jury they've got this thing elect. thirty-two or 34 counts they brought the figure all they need is one. let's talk about the georgia case. newsweek, their calls for the white house revealed details of 222 meetings there reportedly took place between its employees and nathan wade, remember him? he is or was a special prosecutor work in the fulton county district attorney patty willis georgia election interference case which was brought agai

on this i want to bring in donna edwards, former democratic congress woman of maryland, and former chief communications adviser for republican speakers paul ryan and jon to the both of you for being here tonight. i want to start with you. donald trump playing golf and doing campaign stops at a bodega in new york. is there the possibility that there is a very real impact because of this trial on the flow of his campaign? >> absolutely. look, running for president is a hard thing, and it is exhausting. so i don't blame him that he is not out there every single moment doing it. but i think that is i would happen in the supreme court today could have an incredible impact on the rest of this election. it could actually sway the election. the current case, it will last a few weeks, and if that's all he has to do that he might be able to survive that. but if he is stuck in a courthouse for months on end throughout this campaign, and that is the context in which we are seeing donald trump, if that is how people are associating him with it, forget the fact that he is not campaigning. if that is the story of donald trump's election, he could be a huge trouble.