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Ted Cruz: “Alvin Bragg's argument is [that] Trump had to use campaign…”

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THE SMIRK HEARD ROUND THE WORLD | Verdict Ep. 202

Published | Video Starts at 36:06

In fact, in each of these examples, it would be unlawful to make the payments with campaign funds. I'm going to take a pause here. Understand what Alvin Bragg's argument is [that] Trump had to use campaign funds to pay off Stormy Daniels. That's an idiotic rule. Yeah, and by the way, it's a rule that says every candidate for public office, if you're paying to settle a lawsuit dealing with whether you had an affair, you must use your campaign funds to do so. (36:06–36:13)

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Asserts that Alvin Bragg argued Trump should have used campaign funds for a personal settlement.

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