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CALLER: So I don\u2019t understand why people are so shocked that the president is paying the $130,000 back to his lawyer for services rendered. I mean, how do you not understand paying your bills?<\/p>\nRUSH: So here we go to the Green Bay. Green Bay, Wisconsin. Rachel, great to have you with us. How are you doing?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Good. How are you, Rush?<\/p>\n
RUSH: Fine. Thank you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: So I don\u2019t understand why people are so shocked that the president is paying the $130,000 back to his lawyer for services rendered. I mean, how do you not understand paying your bills?<\/p>\n
RUSH: Uh, well, now, on this one… On this one, the attempt is being made to suggest that Donald Trump made an illegal campaign contribution here, and for this crime, Rachel, there is a five-years-in-jail sentence. It is a major felony in federal election law. Now, wait a second. Barack Obama was found to have committed election fraud 20 times this amount by soliciting anonymous donations from people of $250 or less.<\/p>\n
They looked into it and they said, “You know, he\u2019s our first African-American president. We can\u2019t… We can\u2019t charge him with anything.” So they looked the other way. Dinesh D\u2019Souza. Dinesh D\u2019Souza was found to have played loose with some kind of federal campaign law involving $20,000, and he had a year\u2019s worth of home arrest, home detention, something like that. So it\u2019s purely arbitrary as to how these things are applied.<\/p>\n
This investigation is taking place under the auspices of the Federal Election Commission when it gets there. Right now, this is an SDNY investigation of Michael Cohen, the lawyer, and it\u2019s $130,000, and all of this is about an attempt to make it look like Trump knew exactly what was going on, that he was helping his lawyer pay off somebody who could damage his campaign. And this exceeds donor limits. The maximum limit is 3200 bucks. This is 130,000.<\/p>\n
Do not doubt me when I tell you that the prison sentence aspect, max prison time for this felony is five years, and if you don\u2019t think that the Drive-By Media is pushing for this, then you don\u2019t know the Drive-By Media. Now, today the president met with the press twice. He\u2019s flown to the NRA convention, so he met with the press on the White House lawn and again at the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews.<\/p>\n
And in the conference he had with the press on the White House lawn, the media wants to know, “What about Rudy? Did Rudy screw things up? Did Rudy throw you under the bus? Does Rudy know what he\u2019s doing anymore? Why do you have Rudy working for you? This guy made a bonehead play! Rudy did a stupid thing! Rudy has really made it worse for you! Why do you have Rudy around?” Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: Rudy\u2019s a great guy, but he just started a day ago. But he really has his heart into it. He\u2019s working hard. He\u2019s learning the subject matter, and he\u2019s gonna be issuing a statement, too. But he is a great guy. Rudy knows it\u2019s a witch hunt. He started yesterday. He\u2019ll get his facts straight. We\u2019re gonna give a full list — and people know. And virtually everything said has been said incorrectly and has been said wrong or it\u2019s been covered wrong by the press. Just like NBC and ABC yesterday covered the story wrong. It\u2019s actually very simple. It\u2019s actually very simple. But there has been a lot of misinformation, really, people wanting to say — and I say, “You know what? Learn before you speak. It\u2019s a little easier.”<\/p>\n