federal law. for now he s a non-candidate and he can raise money for his right to rise super pack. he will still exist between super pack and candidate. it is drawing scrutiny from watchdog groups. they filed an sec complaints against him and governor scott walker and rick santorum and o malley alleging they are using the super packs to skirt federal law for candidates who are testing the water they call it to follow a stricter contribution. jeb bush may have found another way to keep all the money coming in with very little oversight. the washington post reporting a bush allie established a non-profit called the right to rise policy solutions, they can accept unlimited funds from completely anonymous donors. a bush spokesperson told them hey, these questions are premature and speculative as
wait for it governor bush is not a candidate for office at this time. joining me now, a nationally syndicated radio host richard fowler. good evening. good evening. nick let s start with a lot of emphasis on the idea you are not quite officially technically a candidate. why is that so important under these rules? all these candidates are thinking ahead when they actually do declare. the ones that get in the race. the sec looks at what you were doing before you got fit race. if you were testing the waters you have to have abided by the same rules as if you were a candidate. as if you were a candidate. so if you are seen to be testing the waters before you actually declare and as part of that you were doing things illegal for a candidate like asking for $100 grand from a donor, that s against the law. all these candidates have to pretend when they go to iowa nampb and go to these fund raisers and talk to donors they
prosecutors in obama s justice department. that s an explosive charge. though the investigation pre-dates this whole yearn battle. this broke news tonight. no one knows who will become the top democrat on the committee? democrat barbara boxer is next in line. she has committed nothing to this opening. after that, the bottom lean is whichever democrat ends up as the new rachging member of the senate foreign relations committee, it s likely a big boost to this white house s foreign policy agenda. joining me paul butler, a former prosecutor who specializes in these kind of public corruption cases and a middle east specialist under both clinton and bush administrations and co-author after a relevant book going to tehran. good evening to you both. palm how serious are these charges? these are very serious charges. this is a 65-page indictment 14
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i think nothing gets done on that dome behind me here s the thing, this cloud of money exists over that capital building. they all understand the more money they raise the better off they are in their next election. the only candidate in this race you can give props to is ted cruz, who actually announced, he can no longer accept soft money. all the other candidates are taking money in hand over fist they are basically influenced by rich folks to benefit rich folks an not poor folks. i think all americans at home should be downright alarmed. nick, you know richard makes a point about ted cruz. a lot of times we tend to personalize these things they say, oh ted cruz was in a rush. they re making it about his personality, when in fact you wanted to be cynical and look at ted cruz you d say, well, this is someone who doesn t have that kind of jeb bush bungleer money coming in so he can get in early, focus on whatever he can get from grass roots, sort of the howard dean model. he s not