i want to bring in the vice president of the policy and litigation. paul s. ryan. did donald trumps lawyer michael cohen break campaign finance law by paying stormy daniels $130,000? >> it certainly looks like that happened. there was a violation or multiple vilss of the law. the law says that any money spent or paid by a candidate or agent of the a candidate for the purpose of influencing an election. that's both a contribution from the candidate to their campaign. that's an expenditure. both which have to be reported. that didn't happen. that's the violation number one. that we're alleging. the second part is if the money didn't come from trump's pocket. that adds on another count. we're talking about illegal contribution. illegal corporate contribution to the campaign. or if it was from an individual an illegally excessive