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I do appreciate it. >> thanks. the president of the united states could soon face new legal troubles. the attorney general for the estate of maryland and district of columbia said theyll announce once again the president on parties. >> he accepted millions of dollars in payments and benefits from foreign government through his businesses after taking office. that would violate and clauses in the constitution. >> president said in january he would turnover manage, his bis sets, they cant do aff...

These clauses? it was all about corruption. as alexander hamilton wrote, one of the weak side of republics among their numerous advantages is that they afford too easy an inlet to foreign corruption. the framers knew that government entities, foreign and domestic, would of course try to use things of value to influence or induce the president to do their bidding instead of that of the american people. now we see it every day. my office window is just a few floors above where were sitting today a...

With these kinds of extensive business entanglements or a president who refused to adequately distance themselves from their holdings. president trumps businesses and his dealings violate the constitutions anticorruption provisions known as the the clauses. the two anticorruption provisions to prevent foreign and domestic entities from seeking to influence the president by bestowing money or other things of value on him. >> now, the justice department has already weighed in on this in a differen...

Country have we had a president with these kinds of extensive business entanglements. or a president who refused to adequately distance himself from their holdings. president trumps businesses and his dealings violates the constitutions anticorruption provisions. known as the emoluments clauses. >> the lawsuit filed in maryland district court contends that the presidents ownership harms the state and districts. "the defendant has used his position as president to boost the patronage of his enter...

Lose sight of. >> this is one of the most recent issues alexeis run into. in the next hour, the attorneys general of the district of colombia and maryland are expected to file a lawsuit against the president over his global business empire. "the washington post" reports that this morning that the suit alleges that the president has violated anti-corruption clauses in the constitution by accenting millions in payments and benefits from foreign governments since moving into the white house. now,...

President trump. the attorneys general of maryland and washington, d.c., will unveil the litigation as early as today. they have yet to publicly disclose the focus of the lawsuit by the state and the district, but "the washington post" reports the lawsuit will allege that mr. trump has violated anti-corruption clauses in the constitution biceping millions of dollars in payments and benefits from foreign governments since taking office. the president said in january that he was shifting his busin...

President of the united states not focusing on the peoples business, but being worried about personal business. what were doing is exactly what is necessary in this circumstance and we look forward to the litigation in court. >> welcome back to hard ball, the attorney general and the state of maryland announced today theyre suing president trump. they say that his continued financial interest and his business empire violating the anticorruption clauses of the u.s. constitution. they claim the pr...

Will come out later. >> tiger woods is not winning golf tournaments anymore, what keeps him alive is big endorsements, look at these, some of them right here, nike, rolex, tailor-made, bridgestone. these are paying for a nice life, he has an $86 million house in jupiter, florida. these more protected now that we know alcohol is involved? seems a little bit less. >> nike is staying with him for now. this is a different situation than we had we 10 years ago dealing with infidelity, there are moral...

What john brennan testified to on capitol hill yesterday. the new york times is saying paul manafort, michael flynn, people who already had ties to russia and see how they do influence them and then in turn, influence trump. >> what came first, the chicken or the sneg why is trump surrounded by so many russian-connected people? why does he happen to know carter page? why does he know paul manafort so well, roger stone? why is flynn so involved with the russians? did they bring him, or did he bri...

Seen from the president thus far on this big international trip? >> well, you know, has certainly making some history here. the speech yesterday was, you know, it was not obama-esque where israel was concerned. obama spoke a good deal about israel in cairo. he barely mentioned israel in riyadh. now hes come here, the first person i think to ever fly directly from riyadh to tel aviv, never mind the first president. >> he is. >> hes been to the western wall, which is unprecedented, as you say, for...