If Wednesday was bad, legal experts and campaign-finance watchdogs warn that Thursday's televised appearance was even more legally damning, strengthening the case that President Trump broke campaign finance laws. But to experts, that seemed like an illegal, excessive "in-kind" contribution that could amount to a violation of Campaign Finance Laws, coming just days before the 2016 presidential election. The Campaign Legal Center's president Victor Potter wasn't buying Giuliani's argument. For the same reason, Baran dismisses assertions Trump broke campaign finance laws by not reporting the $130,000. Cohen fronted the money, Trump then paid him back … it's not that different than any other kind of loan."

Source: CBC News May 04, 2018 15:10 UTC