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Since that round of reporting sparked by the presidents campaign last year, since that round of reporting began, the trump foundation has admitted formally to self-dealing, meaning it disburse whatd were supposed to be charitable funds to benefit trumps rather than for any charitable purpose. the foundation has also come under intense legal scrutiny from the attorney generals office in the state of new york where the foundation is incorporated. that leads to a really interesting detail to watch ...

Joining us is white house correspondent for bloomberg news. nice to have you with us tonight. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> this story confounds me. its confounded me from the very first inkling we got from members of the administration and campaign would need provide legal counsel. without getting into the -- all the back and forth detail that i just ran through in the new reporting, do you understand basically what is going on in terms of paying for legal fees in this investigatio...

Left with this kind of unusual circumstance. and its going to be an interesting story to see how it plays out going forward. >> this would be unusual and would have that almost backwards dynamic youre describing even if the deputy attorney general was not himself directly personally a player in the obstruction of justice matter that is being investigated here. rod rosenstein of course played a key role in at least the public explanation what happen in the firing of james comey. is it possible ro...

Security prosecutors at the justice department were told to look at any ongoing investigations involving iran or iranian nationals with an eye toward making them public." quote, "the push to announce iran-related cases has caused internal alarm with law enforcement officials fearing theyre being directed to publicize these specific cases because the trump administration would like congress to impose new sanctions on iran." "federal law enforcement officials have voiced concerns that announcing t...

If this is accurate, you can look through the lens of what is going on through iran. the trump administration is reportedly, pushing the national security prosecutors at the justice department to unseal specific cases they are working on for political affect even though it might negatively affect the ability to prosecute cases. this is like is huge red flag in terms of the independence of the justice department and federal law enforcement. so that i think ended up being a lower profile story bec...

Supposed to know thats what brought nixon down. in the midst of that, there is something else that has just broken in the news, which is also about the justice department ill confess to absolutely not understanding with that match up of what is going on in the white house and justice department, there is a report about the muller investigation and new reporting in the russia investigation essentially, the justice department subpoenaed itself. i dont get it, either. that i need explained and that...

This is like a huge red flag in terms of the independence of the justice department and of federal law enforcement. so that i think ended up being a lower-profile story in part because it broke on sunday night but then there is tonights bombshell financial page reporting that for the first time in decades the justice department will be filing an antitrust lawsuit against at&t to try to block its acquisition of time warner. now, however you feel about that proposed merger, if you feel anything ab...

Nbc news has not confirmed this reporting but abc news is is reporting that sometime in the last month or so, the special counsel demanded documents from the justice department, special counsel reportedly particularly interested in e-mails relating to the president firing james comey and before that, attorney general jeff sessions decision to recuse himself from things related to russia or the 2016 campaign. the director marks the special counsels first records request to the justice department ...

And the justice department there is also this report that is about the mueller investigation, new reporting that in the russia investigation essentially the justice department has just subpoenaed itself. i dont get it, either. that i need explained, and that ones next. patrick woke up with a sore back. but hes got work to do. so he took aleve this morning. if hed taken tylenol, hed be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just o...

Right now is whether the president will be able to contribute to one or either of these funds. its something thats on the table that they are looking at right now but we dont have the answer to that yet. >> funny this is happening at the same time, like on the same night were getting this reporting the president is closing down his charitable foundation. and we know how he handled financing through the charity in order to handle business expenses and settle legal disputes and things like that. i...