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I think these are the two really to pay the most attention to. jared kushner and ivanka trump are two of the people closest to donald trump in his orbit. obviously his son-in-law and daughter. jared kushner, any number of issues, most notably on security clearances. dealing with only a secret, not top secret, security clearance. down here, these are cabinet officials. scott pruitt at epa, shulkin at veterans, zinke at interior, ben carson at hud. ben carson spends $13,000 on a dining set for his...

The system is rigged. what this does is bring it down to human size. so the secretary of the treasury took a plane flight down to watch the eclipse and his wife is marie antoine net or these various people in the cabinet are having security guards or expensive furniture? people can understand that. whats interesting about it is, its so small, its not just that its minor, its small. >> the smaller the better. >> its coming from the top. >> thats the key. >> wimbledon tickets for david shulkin, se...

Quaint old-fashioned white house scandal. shocking, yes, theres gambling in the casino. she was advocating for or against a specific candidate stand og ting on the line there. if this was all the trump organization had to worry about, i think it would be probably a pretty sunny day. >> this speaks to a bit of a blase attitude about norms, as a result of serving a norms-shattering president. thats how you get a $130,000 dining set at hud. thats how the family members are serving and mixing presid...

Foster, filed a complaint with the office of special counsel. long before the dining set debac debacle, foster says she was demoted when she told her bosses the law limits carsons redecorating budget. >> my sense is that it was coming from mrs. carsons desire to, you know, have the ability to redecorate the suite. >> reporter: in a new statement thursday, carson called the decades old furniture worn and unsafe, but he said he was, quote, as surprised as anyone to find out that a $31,000 dining s...

$30,000 dining set. >> i believe that was cancelled to be clear. >> after media scrutiny. can you explain the white houses view and broadly explain how this fits the pattern of draining the swamp? >> as the president said, he said he takes spending taxpayer dollars very seriously. all of those individual secretaries travel and other are under review and i cant speak to them further while that is ongoing. >> can you explain how this is consistent with the presidents behavior for draining the swam...

Under scrutiny for the $31,000 dining set. >> and that was canceled, just to be clear. >> after media scrutiny. but if could you explain the way it has viewed -- and taken all three of the secretaries behavior how you fit this is pattern of draining the swamp. >> as the president said, he takes spending taxpayer dollars seriously. all of those individual secretaries travel and other are under review and i cant speak further while that is ongoing. >> is he draining -- >> im sorry. >> can you expl...

Carson has apparently tried to rescind the order after he was sharply criticized for going $26,000 above the allotted budget. im just going to go ahead and say you can get a dining set at ikea for what is less than the allotted budget at housing of urban development. you covered scott pruitt. it seemed like it took a lot of pushing to get him to walk this back. >> right. this is the guy who last year went to colorado, connecting flight to denver was canceled. well charter a jet for $5,000. flyin...

Housing and urban development at the urging of his wife candie. carson has apparently tried to rescind the order after he was sharply criticized for going $26,000 above the allotted budget. im just going to go ahead and say you can get a dining set at ikea for what is less than the allotted budget at housing of urban development. you covered scott pruitt. it seemed like it took a lot of pushing to get him to walk this back. >> right. this is the guy who last year went to colorado, connecting fli...

Monday trump meets with governors to talk guns saying he would have run into the high school to help even without a weapon. the same day his daughter ivanka reprimanded a reporter for asking her about her fathers accusers, calling it pretty inappropriate. and then hope hicks is interviewed by robert mueller admitting shes told white lies for trump. jared kushner, after weeks of questions after his security clearance downgraded and federal charges against former trump campaign official rick gates...

Judgment, no matter who made it. >> reporter: the agency spending on the decor and the furniture came to light after the hud employee helen foster filed a sworn complaint with the office of special counsel, and long before the dining set debacle, foster says she was demoted when she told the bosses that the law limits carsons redecorating budget. >> my sense is that it was coming from mrs. carsons desire to, you know, have the ability to are redecorate the suite. >> reporter: in a new statement ...