private companies controlled. correspondence doug mckelway has those specifics tonight. returning to washington this morning, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez denied violating campaign finance laws, the alleged violation is laid out in a complaint to the fec by the conservative nonprofit national legal and policy center. it states they congresswoman, her chief of staff, and others orchestrated in extensive off the books operation through two political action committees. three years ago, the staffer for bernie sanders, explained his hopes for a new model to bundle small contributions into a one-stop shop for ten progressive candidates experienced in fund-raising. we are trying to find people who aren t career politicians and part of the advantage of having this unified campaign for campaign infrastructure and fund-raising aside from the candidates is you can get
that he wouldn t be able to tell the truth or get caught lying. independent of that, you re a former federal prosecutor right there, what s your experience with people who face this type of pressure in a criminal investigation? do they often end up flipping? certainly, particularly when there are people like michael cohen who aren t career criminals who haven t, you know who aren t prepared for that in other words, there were times when i prosecuted people who were working in drug cartels, those people they go into that business knowing that a long prison term a very much a possibility. white collar defendants for them, a year or two or three years in prison is a very long time. typically when the pressure gets on, those people ultimately make the decision to cooperate. very quickly, karen mcdougal has settled her lawsuit with