here s what he says in part, wolf. a large number of maryland and district court residents are being affected and will continue to be affected when foreign and state governments choose to stay, host events, and dine at the hotel rather than at comparable district of columbia establishments. the whole issue was they can t compete. the judge is now saying this can go through. this is still in the early stages. it was a motion to dismiss, which is a relatively low bar for the plaintiffs to try to get across, but a judge in new york had already dismissed a similar suit. so this is really a first of its kind, wolf. well, it s a significant development. we ll stay on top of it. laura, thanks very much. we re getting other breaking news right now, potentially even more significant. the new york times now reporting that the president s lawyer raised the idea of trump pardoning michael flynn and paul
prospects spend enormous energy hoping to raise hundreds of millions for a shot at the white house. and wild recent supreme court rulings have opened up a new disclosure, much of that money trail is still tracked by law. there is an entire industry of big money backers ranging from individuals to corporations to interest groups who are ready to write checks and host events in the hopes of having a voice that the white house will remember down the road. but what do these aspiring influencers go when there isn t a presidential campaign to fund? how then do they exert their their influence on an outgoing president? libraries. people can use their donations to the presidential library to seek to create favor with the president of the united states and ultimately to influence his policy decisions. these are enormous sums of money in many cases. the libraries have become really lavish institutions and almost monuments to presidents. reporter: these presidential
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