and instead endorsing rand paul. it was a big surprise when it happened. but almost immediately, it smelled sort of fishy, right? this state co-chair for bachmann just suddenly switching sides days before the election. well, the night that it happened, bachmann herself, she held an impromptu press conference where she made this allegation that this had just happened to her. this shock had just befallen her campaign because kent sorensen was being paid to do it. it sounds crazy. she said he was being paid by the rand paul campaign to switch sides. that would be a crazy sounding allegation coming from almost anyone. coming from michelle bachmann, it wasn t just crazy sounding. it was almost incoherent. she tried but watch this. dan sorensen personally, let s see.
it was hard to see at the time what exactly she was trying to expose. it urges the out she was right. at least according to the indictment from the justice department. she was really on to something. today justice department laid out in this indictment exactly how they stay ron paul campaign led by jesse benton allegedly made more than $70,000 in payments to this iowa state senator in exchange for his endorsement. straight up bribery. the payments were transferred through two shell company so it would be hard to trace them. part of it is the conspiracy to lie about the documents and government filings. these payments for this state senator switching from michelle bachmann to ron paul. they went on so long that in june 2012 which is well after ron paul was effectively out of the race that year. in june 2012, the ron paul
after rand paul inserted him. for his role for paying for an endorse wlm it was his father randal paul who was running for president and jesse benton was the campaign manager. the indictment lays out in stark detail the lengths that rand paul went to to basically buy an endorsement to win the iowa caucuses this year. it revolve around the state senator. his price according to the indict was somewhere around $70,000. in the lead up to the caucus in 2012 he traveled the state for bachmann. he helped run her efforts in iowa. then shock a few days before the iowa caucuses in 2012 when kent
the obama justice department trying tear down the paul family? watching how rand paul does at the debate. if this is a distraction for him or if he is able to do anything. if other candidates will use it against him in some way. honestly, like the third and fourth day implication that i m interested in, are they still bribing people in iowa? michelle bachmann was right about this in the beginning. she said everybody is on the take in iowa. can that be part of this investigation? we ll be right back. we ve got a lot ahead tonight. stay with us. the signs are everywhere. the lincoln summer invitation is on. get exceptional offers on the luxury small utility mkc mkz sedan. .the iconic navigator. and get a first look at the entirely new 2016 mid-size utility lincoln mkx.
if other candidates will use it against him in some way. honestly, like the third and fourth day implication that i m interested in, are they still bribing people in iowa? michelle bachmann was right about this in the beginning. she said everybody is on the take in iowa. can that be part of this investigation? we ll be right back. we ve got a lot ahead tonight. stay with us.