the campaign or the trump organization or donald trump s personal account? well, it s criminal no matter how where the check came from if the if donald trump knew that he was reimbursing cohen for an illegal campaign contribution. it doesn t matter, you know, which pot of money trump directed the money to come from if trump knew that it was for an illegal purpose. i don t think the account matters. what matters as so often is the case with a white collar crime, is the intent. he was intending to reimburse michael cohen for this illegal campaign contribution? it doesn t matter how did he it from which account, as long as trump was controlling the money and directing the money to go to to go to cohen. in fact, sometimes prosecutors use the use of different accounts as proof of criminal
inaugural committee. the new york times details who federal prosecutors think may have been involved in a crooked scheme to curry favor with the incoming trump administration. the feds looking at whether foreigners illegally funneled money to donald trump s committee and a pro-trump super pac. they used straw donors to disguise their donations. in the moment i m going talk to the president of president obama s inaugural committee. whatever happened to the money trump s administration raised. previous campaign ran money as well, but nowhere near what the trump committee did. we may be starting to find out where the money went and came from. joining me now, steve kerrigan. he was the president and ceo of
the line to save american lives, to save lives of people, our allies, during world war ii. really amazing people. and president trump couldn t even make it through a ceremony to honor these men without throwing in a racial slur. you know, he thinks that somehow he s going to shut me up with that. and it s just not going to happen. it didn t work in the past, it s not going to work in the future. i m going to keep fighting for all the issues i m fighting for. and back now with the panel. tara? look, you can t buy class. i don t care how much money trump claims he has. class is certainly not quantifiable for him in this. it s a completely inappropriate. you just don t do this. and for all of the people dismiss that it s offensive to some. and i am not, you know, someone that s overly sensitive to those kinds of things.
and president trump couldn t even make it through a ceremony to honor these men without throwing in a racial slur. you know, he thinks that somehow he s going to shut me up with that. and it s just not going to happen. it didn t work in the past, it s not going to work in the future. i m going to keep fighting for all the issues i m fighting for. and back now with the panel. tara? look, you can t buy class. i don t care how much money trump claims he has. class is certainly not quantifiable for him in this. it s a completely inappropriate. you just don t do this. and for all of the people that sit here and dismiss that it s offensive to some and i am not, you know, someone that s overly sensitive to those kinds of things. i think that sometimes political correctness can run amok. but that s not the case here. it s been clear that he s using this as a pejorative. and anytime you re using any kind of cultural reference as a pejorative, it s offensive to people.
work to be 70% to 90% accurate as we reported to you last night but we now know that in december of last year christopher steele highlighted what he felt were some especially important lines of inquiry to harding. steele informed harding that, quote, the contracts for the hotel deals and land deals between trump and individuals with kremlin ties warrant investigation. quote, check their values against the money trump secured via loans former spy said according to a conversation detailed in harding s book. quote, the difference is what s important. according to the book, steele did not elaborate on the point and harding felt the implication was clear. it s possible that trump was indebted to russian interests when he declared the candidacy in 2015. i ll speak with luke harding, the author of collusion about those revelations and more right after this. when you have a cold