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Theyre all involved. >> hey frank, lets talk about the siemny chhuogns that things tightening around roger stones and where do you expect this to be going. >> roger stone is a bigger fish than many people realize. while we are focused on that, mueller has been ratcheting up the effort on stone. i believe that stone can put the crime in the collusion concept. by that i mean the mysterious connection between stone, wikileaks and julian asange. mueller is focus on that like a laser because thats wh...

Of the domestic emolument clause? >> his ownership of the lease certainly is. >> so owning an llc getting profits this way would be too? >> i was unaware of the fact that he was actually selling mugs -- >> we were too when we saw this llc. he reported income based on that. >> well, the short answer is he cant profit from being president of the united states. and thats what both emoluments clauses are set up to prohibit. and he is the first person in history to profiteer from this high office. >>...

Private companies to join you in this lawsuit? >> we did not. but standing is -- weve also argued when we joined the union, maryland joined the union, we made a deal. we ceded sovereignty to the american government with the understanding that the president was going to put our interests first, not look at his bottom line and have that guide the country. thats the purpose. there are original anti-corruption laws. >> they strongly maintain there is nothing unconstitutional about a foreign governme...

In court and why? >> it has already held up in court and it clearly is a valid case. its one of the least focused-on stories of the week and its one of the most important because it could lead to not only trump being forced to give up his interest in many of his businesses, certainly in the washington, d.c. hotel that is specifically discussed in this lawsuit, but it could also lead to impeachment because what the judge said is that he can be looked at for violating two clauses of our constituti...

Volunteer information they know about other subjects. >> lets move to the lawsuit over the trump hotel and the president violating emoluments clauses. foreign entipties have used this hotel as a place to try to curry favor. >> the constitution has two different places where it talks about emoluments. theres one that talks about emoluments from foreign governments. that means some sort of benefit payment profit advantage.

Companies which once included facebook, the high tech companies, ive seen all the productivity growth and wage growth. but were not seeing entrepreneurship, were not seeing people able to move from really almost zombie firms, nonfinancial firms with a lot of debt, unproductive and able to move. job flipping, despite the fact were in a tight labor market, is down across categories from its previous peak. those aspects, nonpoaching agreements, noncompete clauses. all of those are structural factor...

More likely to go first to the court of appeals, but there could be a direct appeal. i dont think this is over, and i dont think crew is going to get access right away. but they will push right away for this. people who want to really understand policy, you know, get the judges decision off the internet and read pages 48 and 49. they are very compelling. you dont need to be a lawyer to understand those two pages. they deal with the post office lease. remember, we have two clauses. one applies to...

I dont think this is over, and i dont think crew is going to get access right away. but they will push right away for this. people who want to really understand policy, you know, get the judges decision off the internet and read pages 48 and 49. they are very compelling. you dont need to be a lawyer to understand those two pages. they deal with the post office lease. remember, we have two clauses. one applies to all federal officials about foreign gifts. then there is the domestic clause and tha...

The courts opinion today allowing the lawsuit to continue. so its not a ruling on the lawsuit, it allows it to continue. the reasoning that the court presents, the court determines that plaintiffs have convincingly argued that the term "emolument" in both the foreign and domestic emoluments clauses with slight refinements that the court will address means any profit, gain or advantage and that accordingly they have stated claims to the effect that the president in certain ingstances has violated...

Simply wrong. and thats the reason why were investigating and were going to get to the bottom of this. >> but mcdonalds has said its voluntarily removed these types of clauses from its franchise agreements in 2017. is that what youre hoping for, the parent companies come down and say to the franchisees, dont do this, whether its mcdonalds employees or burger king employees, you cant be doing this, its unfair? >> right. look, mcdonalds has taken some steps. but we want all these companies to take...