we know from his memoir that there was a mutual friend of his in patriots owner robert kraft, and onnd allegedly told specter, quote, if you laid off the patriots, there would be a lot of money in palm beach. guess who that was? here's the latest from espn, who spoke to the late senator's son. quote, my father told me that donald trump was acting as a messenger for kraft, shannon specter says. i'm equally sure the reference to money in palm beach was campaign contributions, not cash. espn says both kraft and trump, through spokespeople, denied involvement in any effort to influence specter's investigation and there are questions about the gray area in which we're operating now. it's not clear if what trump allegedly offered it would be considered a bribe of a public official, at least not in a prosecutable way, but this adds more grease and grime to the trump story, his prepresidency, and reveals much about the way he thought politics worked. joining us now, seth, senior writer for espn.com and espn magazine and the author of the upcoming book "it's better to be feared" and mark is h