reporting the federal prosecutors in manhattan are investigating whether president trump s inaugural committee misspent some of the money it raised from donations. this is part of a criminal probe examining whether some top donors gave money to the inaugural committee in exchange for access to the trump administration for specific quid pro quos. the investigation partly arises out of material seize theed in the federal raids of the offices of michael cohen. sources tell the journal. let s talk about this. first of all, we should acknowledge up front, and i m not excusing anything, but inaugural committees a legend airline sleazy operations. they are exempt from all sorts of rules and disclosures. people try to raise as much money as they can from corporations. they are like conventions that way. there s a big problem in politics in general. money moving into these campaigns, including the inaugurations and it s it s hard to say that no it doesn t have any impact whatsoever. it wo