Mukasey: Cohen is ‘not really’ an election law problem
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Former AG Mukasey: there’s ‘not really’ an election law problem with Cohen.
For another perspective on Michael Cohen’s guilty plea, Judy Woodruff is joined by a former attorney general under President George W. Bush, Michael Mukasey. According to Mukasey, the payment in question would have violated campaign finance law only if its sole purpose was to influence the outcome of an election, which Mukasey says was not the case.
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Mukasey: Cohen is ‘not really’ an election law problem
Clip: 8/22/2018 | 5m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
For another perspective on Michael Cohen’s guilty plea, Judy Woodruff is joined by a former attorney general under President George W. Bush, Michael Mukasey. According to Mukasey, the payment in question would have violated campaign finance law only if its sole purpose was to influence the outcome of an election, which Mukasey says was not the case.
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