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28 September 2018
Bradley Smith, Chairman of the Institute for Free Speech and former FEC Commissioner, discusses whether a crowdfunding campaign by two liberal groups to pressure Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) to vote against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is legal under federal campaign finance laws.
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