it wasn t too long ago you probably remember the controversy over the size of president trump s inauguration crowd. but the event did make history in another area, the cost. the bill came in at more than double the money spent to salute his two predecessors on each of their big days. the money trail is yet another area of the president s universe under investigation as we head into the new year. cnn s randi kaye reports. starting right here and right now reporter: $107 million. that s how much donald trump s inaugural committee raised in donations for the event. now federal prosecutors want to know if any of that money was misspent and, perhaps more importantly, did top donors pay big money in exchange for access and influence in the trump white house? the wall street journal first broke the story. part of this is certainly looking at what these donors
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fact-free claims about the florida and arizona elections tell us about 2020. what is the answer? what s the answer to that? well, i mean, i think it shows that this is not someone who if he does come up short in 2020 and obviously we re a long way from that. but if he does come up short in 2020, this is not someone who is going to go gently into that good night. you re going to have to evict him from 1600 pennsylvania avenue? think about his life, don. his life is largely him telling himself the stories of him winning, whether it s declaring bankruptcy, whether it s on the apprentice in ratings, whether it s the inauguration crowd. he has spent a lifetime refusing to accept that he is ever on the losing end of things, or even on it doesn t always have to be the losing end but the less celebratory end. if there s a close election and i think 2020 could be close. but if there s a close election, let s say it comes down to florida where he loses by a point or two. given what