that it could be something he didn t know he was committing a campaign finance crime. the president is on notice right now the stupidity defense. well, campaign finance crimes are a little more complicated than that, but but intent. intent is the term of the law. the president is on notice now, the head of the federal elections commission has issued a statement. george stephanopoulos has told the president that this is ultimately a crime. so if this is to happen in the future, they can t hide behind the sort of defense we didn t know what it was. but let s again put this in perspective. this is a test for christopher wray. this is a test for the fbi director and every other republican in america to not keep coddling the president, and are you going to stand up or not? is there any suspense on how that test ends? are you waiting for an outcome? we re not, and it s a shame because, look, i came into the doj under wray in 2004, and i worked with him in the criminal divisio
committing a campaign finance crime. stupidity defense. campaign finance crimes are more complicated than that but intent, you have to know you re committing a crime. reck sit intent is the term of the law. the president is on notice now, the head of the commission has issued the statement. george stephanopoulos told the president this is a crime p. so if it happens in the future we can t behind the defense we didn t know what it was, but let s put this in perspective, this is a test for christopher wray, the fbi director, and every other republican in the america, to not coddle the president are you going to stand up or not. is there any suspense in how the test ends? there s not. i came in the doj under wray in 2004. this is unfortunate to see but it s yet another person who s heard the intoxicating siren