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Stand on ceremony about that. look, weve got a number of committees that are looking at a number of different categories of misconduct. and what were confronted with now is that the president is basically converted the presidency into a money making operation and instrument of self enrichment. when you ask me how i would prioritize them, i want to start with that. i want to start with the fact that the president is making money on a daily basis by ordering executive branch officials to stay at t...

Violations or limitations? >> as i sit here today, as it relates to the trump hotel is the subject of ongoing litigation. >> and the president is having you represent him around these, is he not? is that appropriate when he is under litigation with regard to the hotels and not reporting to congress as hes supposed to according to the constitution? shouldnt he have lawyers representing him for this nefarious conduct? >> congressman, i can understand this is an important issue to you, but as it re...

Gsas decision not to address specific issues concerning the governments post office and its lease to the trump family concerning the emollient clause. he told them they knew about the post office lease and it was up to them to do something. are you aware of anything the justice department did to look into evaluation of an emolluments clause? >> that clause to the subject fortunate hotel is related to a number of litigation matters. >> right. >> so while i can say im aware of the subject you desc...

Foreign minister, complaining, asking questions about what happened in our last election that made the russians attempt to affect the result? that is a serious, serious business. and america should not rest until we have answers. >> jeremy, meantime, imagine being the deputy attorney general, the reason why americans know your name, is that your three-page letter was used as the underpinning to fire the fbi director until we learned the president always wanted to fire the fbi director. number tw...

Governments. >> and if he does, that will be donated to charity. >> maria? >> this is something we have seen throughout the campaign, he doesnt care about this. and yes, he lied saying he was going to release his tax returns, but we know that he is the candidate that has said and talked about things that are just the biggest lies in modern history. >> maria, you may have believe what he said he would release them, he was absolutely liying. >> my opinion, i dont think he ever had the intention to...

Businesses and his presidency could spark a constitutional crisis. how? president trump could run afoul of an obscure section of the constitution, the emolluments clause. >> thats been in there ever since the founding of the country and could lead to a serious constitutional crisis if there were to be an accusation. >> it bars government officials from accepting payments and gifts of any kind from any prince and state. >> i just sold an apartment for $15 million from somebody from china. am i su...