there was one report in mcclachy stayed the fbi is investigating whether money was funneled illegally through the nra appear through this banker to boost donald trump s campaign. the nra hasn t heard from the anybody they say. but there are a number of reports working on behalf of banker to try to make inroads with president trump and team in 2016. all of this has raised red flas flags and drawn scrutiny to the nra and how they raise money. and why they spent so much money extraordinarily to back trump in 2016. sara murray. thank you. thank you. let s discuss now the nra s practice of accepting foreign donations. cnn politic commentator angela rooi and ben ferguson both here. thank you for joining us. angela, you first what is your read on it is it appropriate for the nra to accept foreign contributions. i think the nra, period, is inappropriate. i don t have anything specific on foreign donations except to
criminal defense side you have to sometimes bring your client around to things that are difficult truths that they have to face. hey, you know, you may be facing time in prison. hey, you might need to plead guilty. you may need to take the fifth. all the very difficult conversations at times you need to have with your client. if there isn t a good relationship with lawyer and client and the client doesn t have a lawyer that they can really trust, and that really knows what they re doing, that can hurt the client. in this case donald trump in the end. so laura, is the lack of a coherent legal team eventually going to impact the president in the investigation. dowd was with the lawyer with mueller s team. this is with a as a special sit-down is looming with the special counsel. of course it impacts it and probably negatively. you have to have a captain steering the ship and not just a skeleton krou you cuba none of
widen any say yes a organization we accept foreign donations. but the nra insists none of the foreign money was used in american elections. of course we know that the nra did spend big in 2016. spent more than $30 million on efforts to boost donald trump and just to give you a sense how that spending compares to past cycles. according to the center for responsive politics this is more than 2008 and 2012 combined we you look across presidential house and senate races. it s clear that they were in big and in early for donald trump. but what they re saying is, look, none of that money we spent none of it came from foreign donors. is anyone talking about trying to regulate where they can accept money from? well there are already regulations about how the nra cuss otto foreign donations. they re allowed to use them essentially to inform members, educate members. but they re not allowed to use them for instance on ads that say vote for donald trump ob don t vote for hillary clinton. now
say you want want your tax dollars going to the nra. let per sfwleek imi m not done. i think this ridiculous this segment is about the nra. this segment is about them taking foreign donations. this seeing segment is about the second amendment and somehow, ben you have spun yourself into talking about planned parenthood. it s ridiculous. it s of an example of funds being being operated. i know about. and you started the segment with ripping and donald trump and the russians. i m talking over you then. you re example took longer than the initial point. it s pretty normal. that s cool. let me tell you that i don t have time for it. let me tell you way. because today while y all are talking about the second amendment and all of this yet again, a black man s killers vis-a-vis the police are not going to be held accountable for taking his life. you know why? he had a gun on him. a gun that he never brandished but somehow the second amendment i m just going to make a point abo
whatever platform thank you. i appreciate it mark. rose anne returning to tv tonight. and she is a proud trump voter. is this sit come now in donald trump s america? some 25 years later?