Fiance and her father. All told, the congressman and his family avoided over 768,000 in losses according to the document. And the big question we are asking today is, what does the arrest of Congressman Collins mean for the midterms . Joining me nbc news political director and moderator of meet the press, chuck todd. Nbc news investigations reporter tom winter, New York Times chief metro Political Correspondent shane gold macher and former s. E. C. Enforcement attorney seth waxman. Tom, you have been following this. You were downtown a little bit earlier today. Here is a statement from collins lawyer saying we will answer the charges filed in court and will mount a defense to clear his good name. It is notable the government does not allege that Congressman Collins traded a single chair of Innate Immunotherapeuticss stock. We are confident he will be
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local special prosecutor appointed in virginia beach to look at another incumbent congressman, a republican, who apparently had campaign operatives falsifying petition signatures to get a third candidate on ballot. the point is you are having a bad legal day on wednesday after a horrendous political day on tuesday. but here s what i would say about this seat. it s a republican seat. it s strongly held. i am having flashbacks to 1994, a big wave year, for republicans that year. there was a democrat named dan rosstonkowski. very solid democratic district. the democrats thought rather than resign, he can hold the seat and then they can win in a special maybe in the spring. well, a republican won the seat in the fall. so i would say all bets are off. when you are under a criminal investigation by the federal government and you are on a ballot, i don t care how solid your district is. you are probably politically in trouble. the democratic candidate there is a local elected official. he is