The issue focused on the rights of political candidates to ask for federal financial support, and how they were covered by law.

Jameis Winston's attorney said that while he has nothing against federal laws that address legal aid, it is important to understand that what Jameis Winston did was illegal. (Image: AP)

"It is clear that any criminal liability will be premised on an interpretation of the constitutional rights of which he is a party," Thomas E. Hardiman, who represents J