here. it is calling, but a week from now, there could be a government shutdown. we will be we be at that point in time? déjà vu, it feels like. it does. have a good weekend. we will see you back here on monday. now, walking down the streets of new york city, imagine this. you hear, move over, mister mayor, we are here for yourself phones. that is tonight, on laura coates live. it is america s largest city. it commands a lot of attention, maybe more attention than new york city mayor, merrick at eric adams, even bargained. a federal investigation into campaign fundraising, now, appearing to inch that much closer to the mayor of new york. by the way, in a very dramatic, and public way. cnn learning, fbi agents seized adams two phones, and an ipad, not today, but several days ago, on monday. first, telling us that aiden s approach the mayor on the streets of new york, asking his security detail to step aside, climbed into his an suv with him, and then took th
legal consultations, and is there any caveat for those who are allegedly able to afford it? you know, there s not a caveat for that, unfortunately, but that s more of a public policy issue, whether or not they should be using this money. but the legal issue is whether or not the legal defense was related to the campaign. so it s interesting because it s a double-edged sword. campaign finance rules say that, yes, you can use campaign donor funds for legal fees. that s legal. as long as the activity you were doing that you needed the legal fees for was actually related to the campaign. so, it s interesting, because that defense, though, might come back in the end to actually harm the trump campaign, because what they re saying then is, yes, this was something that was done in furtherance of the campaign, and were they actually soliciting dollars from foreign nationals to help with the campaign? so you know, the defense in saying that, yes, we can use these campaign finance dollars, yes
there has been so much focus on the president surrounding him and those associated with him that perhaps we missed the truly fascinating story having to do with republican congressman from california duncan hunter who has been charged with all kind of campaign finance violations, including spending money on all these things you ll seeing right there. it includes river dance tickets and costco pet supplies for a pet rabbit. who does he bring for all of these alleged misspending of campaign finance dollars? well, his wife. listen. the first time i gave her power of attorney and she handled my finances throughout my entire military career and that continued when i got into congress, i m gone five days a week, home for two and she was also the campaign manager so