washington post story is saying, they cited three sources who know that the national enquirer had given michael cohen advanced stories and given during the campaign. is this a campaign finance violation? was it a gift in kind to the campaign? american media, the parent company of the national enquirer has given us a statement. i can read from that. they say it s unfortunate and disconcerting that disgruntled and material natured exemployees had no access to how editorial decisions are made and without access to the company s top executives have been given a platform hiding behind the protection of being an anonymous source to grind their ax on the back of their former employer. interestingly, ami did not in that statement deny this practice took place. if it s an in kind campaign contribution, it has to be under the law publically acknowledged