okay? now, what happened here in the cohen case is a different animal entirely. this has nothing to do with the campaign apparatus and everything to do with trump, his lawyer, and their sneaky scheme to avoid more damage to his campaign. cohen admitted to making illegal campaign contributions "for the principal purpose of influencing an election." and he tied it directly to the president, saying he was acting at the president's direction. he said someone then running for federal office. obviously it's donald trump. when he paid off karen mcdougal and stormy daniels. so the president's argument that cohen didn't commit a crime just isn't true. how do we know? title 52 of the u.s. code. all right? now, you compare that to the obama campaign violation. it's like comparing apples to, you know, elephants. the obama matter was settled as a civil matter with the f.e.c.