Mike Hatch, American Bankers and

Mike Hatch, American Bankers and the Twin Cities Media, Part 2 - The second part of a five-part series.

Nobody argues that during last fall's election cycle, American Bankers tried to rent some influence with a potential, incoming Commerce Commissioner.

The big question is, why were the payments made the way they were? And how did Mike Hatch get that letter from Ron Eibensteiner?

Part Two today, Part Three on Friday.