larry craig fought that to the bitter end in court and lost because that s a clear line about what you can spend campaign funds on. here is my question. donald trump junior was not a member of the campaign. he s a member of the donald trump family, also he s named donald trump but never had an official role on the campaign. how is the reelection campaign paying donald trump junior s legal fees related to the russia scandal? i mean, you could make the case the russia scandal is campaign related. i understand that it may very well be that colluding with russia was part of how they campaigned for president and how they got elected. i can concede this might be a campaign related matter but donald trump junior was not on the campaign. doesn t that matter in terms of whether or not his legal fees can legally be paid from the campaign to reelect the president? joining us now is somebody who understands what matters, craig
what makes these guys think they can get away with this? power. and the show is not about sex but about power. reporter: mario is familiar with the situation. he s a staffer who wrote the play. a lot of us make mistakes in our personal lives. i know i have. the reason we don t take these outlandish risks and expect to get away with them, we don t have power to protect ourselves. these guys are like, i m a member of congress. i have a business car like larry craig who shows his car to the cop and says what do you think about that? senator craig was still arrested for solicitation in a men s restroom. hang in there. reporter: his wife remaining loyal standing by her man as did most of the others. what on earth do you think they were thinking? i imagine when the scandal hit, probably just want to err on the side of, i m going to believe what he says, i m going
reporter: the bigger surprise is the size of their electronic trail of flirtation. what makes these guys think they can get away with this? power. and really, the show is not about sex, but about power. reporter: mario carrara is familiar with the combination. he is a former congressional staffer who wrote the plate. a lost us make mistakes in our personal lives. i have. but the reason we don t take crazy, out landish risks is because we can t get away from them. but as a member of congress, of course it won t come back to me. i have a business card that i show to the cop. reporter: senator craig was still arrested for solicitation in an airport men s room. mrs. craig, we want to tell you and your husband to hang in there. reporter: his wife remained loyal, standing by herman. as did most of the others. what on earth do you think they
records turned by a d.c. adam. there were no comebacks for governor edwards, senator craig and congressman wener. i m sure he ll come back at some point. what do you say? that s a long list. kissing congressman, do you know what? i pray toood that he did actually work things out with his family. with five children at home, he said, quote, his family is stronger than ever. that s wonderful news. whether or not that means that he should be reelected, that s up to his constituents if they re going to reelect him. you always hope that they can work things out, the family can get back together. i don t know if we have really get the truth from these men. no. men don t tell the truth and neither do politicians. i ll not surprised that politicians cheat and lie. that s why we elect politicians. that s not why i elect a politician. some of the most successful politicians are ones that are really great at spinning and
a senator from alabama and also happened to be the vice president under franklin pierce. now, historians say buchanan was our nation s very first gay president. that is fascinating. really the only one. because i haven t heard of another gay president since, have you? i think you will hear about one that sounds like you re am i asking for it? it is legal. it s totally fine to be gay. back in the 1800s. not so much. more taboo than now. definitely. their relationship so close, andrew jackson referred to them as ms. nancy and aunt fancy. him and his friend. aunt fancy. rufus king. i wonder which one was aunt fancy. aunt fancy was his friend. his friend. nothing wrong with having friends. what if they were good colleagues that liked to live together? is that so wrong? i don t think so. want to hear more about the cages and whips you said. i m just saying, to each couple his own. they seemed to be into whips and