The Trump campaign sent a letter to other GOP candidates across America: If you want to use President Donald Trump's name, you should pay up. This strategy is not unlike how John Gotti and mob bosses receive kick backs from people beneath them. But in American politics, this could lead to Russian-style oligarchy and straight-up corruption. Steve Schmidt explains the latest grift of campaign gangsterism.

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