giving a legal contribution to the campaign. so this alleged scheme, the way it worked, is that the nra hired a company to buy ads supporting its preferred candidate, whether donald trump, or josh hawley, who are allegedly the beneficiaries. but the investigation turned up, is that the company the nra hired to buy it back, was actually just a front group. it was the same media company that was doing all the at buying for donald trump and josh hawley. they were just doing it with a different name on paper. not only was it the same company, it was literally the same guy who signed off on all the advice to both the campaign and the nra. it's hard to argue it's not illegal coordination when there aren't even two people coordinating with each other. it's literally one guy, the same guy, doing the ad for both of them. if you are just one person, you are by definition coordinating with yourself. because otherwise, see a doctor. is the guy trying not to