borrowing and straw donors. of note, the time says cohen recorded a conversation with a top inaugural official whose company was paid $26,000 by the inaugural committee. you look at the list of crimes alleged here, and, a, it s very weighty, and b, it also reminds us as people talk about the mueller investigation winding down, there are other investigations that seem to be ramping up. that s right. the list of potential crimes here also goes in a way to the heart of this investigation as well. i mean, were there foreign donors funneling money into the campaign ostensibly to try to gain some influence? that s one of the violations that s in this subpoena they re looking into whether people were having the donors pay money directly to vendors to bypass disclosure laws, or whether they were making donations in another s name, kind of this notion of a straw donor to avoid