"In 2000, ...", "Mr. Trump’s sworn affidavit “indicates that Trump had a very thorough understanding of federal campaign finance law, especially regarding what he could and could not legally do when raising money for a federal candidate,” said Brett Kappel, an election-law lawyer at Akerman LLP." https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-testimony-from-decades-ago-indicates-knowledge-of-campaign-finance-laws-11545257201