Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Former FEC Chair Date:   8/22/2018 12:46:07 PM (updated 8/22/2018 12:48:21 PM)

Says that the payments are not campaign contributions.  Hard for them to break campaign finance laws when the payments are not illegal.  This position is supported by numerous other lawyers familiar with campaign finance laws.  They better find some other excuse if they actually want to get Trump.  But we all know this isn't about trump per se.  This is about the mid-terms and the 2020 election on the part of politicians and restoring the status quo for the deep state.