“There are thousands and thousands of rules, it’s incredibly complicated - campaign finance,” Rand Paul, on NBC, about Trump/Cohen. “We have to decide whether or not penalities are the way we should approach campaign finance,” saying an error in paperwork “ought to be a fine.”

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 9, 2018

Agreed. Who can even remember if it’s legal or not to pay off an alleged mistress days before the campaign and then cover it up? It’s so complicated! https://t.co/WiDpEIxZ3l

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 9, 2018