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Youre investigating or extremely positive views -- >> first of all, those texts -- they were not e-mails, they were sent before this investigation even began. so he wasnt investigating donald trump at that point. >> all im suggesting is that we should now -- if i were mueller, i would bring in an ethics expert who was beyond reproach and have the ethics expert look at the totality of the investigator for us and make sure were not going to see any more of these because if we do, the credibility o...

Attorney issued a statement saying he is not involved in the company anymore and will recuse himself from any involvement in the golden visa program. we heard something similar in the briefing room today. >> i think i would refer you to the company on that. jared has done everything to comply with the ethics rules to make sure that had nothing to do with him per se. he wasnt involved. >> lets bring in our panel, u.s. managing effort for the financial times, jillian tett. and our own stephanie ru...

And not be pursued further. ethics expert and cnn contributor larry nobel said while there may be nothing inherently wrong in representing them in unrelated matters -- >> it raises questions, just in the larger context of whats been going on with manafort. every time you see something like this, you wonder whether this is perfectly legitimate, an isolated issue where a lawyer who is involved representing various clients, or whether or not it fits into just a larger narrative of involvement with ...

Make long-term capital. the investment and relationship fell apart. for several years he tried to contact manafort and get answers about the missing money. court papers showed the attorneys had not been able to reach manafort. then, paul manafort began running donald trumps campaign in 2016. and the legal claims against him appeared to have gone away. manafort spokesman tells cnn believes the matter is dormant and not be pursued further. ethics expert said while there may be nothing inherently w...

Constitutional democracy works and the court underscored that today. >> i did a story with an ethics expert with kellyanne conway and if she broke an ethics rule telling people to buy ivanka trumps stuff. what do you think? what is going on. this has been a week for kellyanne conway. >> chase even said this is irresponsible and unacceptable. he was fine with president trump defending his daughter. great. thats okay. when an adviser does it, they are subject to conflict of interest rules. >> with...

Potential corruption. so the president-elect got into this discussion, got into, as you just played that sound bite he said i got a deal from a guy in dubai but i said no. to some folks underscore how authority this whole issue is for him. trump lawyers its not realistic to fully divest as recommended by the office of governmental ethics and not ethical to create a blind trust and not what people think it is but again, not the view of some of these ethics expert. the president-elect could releas...

This law is a lot easier. thats the challenge facing republicans right now. >> kasie hunt following all of it on capitol hill, literally, following the vice president-elect. at that same press conference donald trump explained how he plans to separate his presidency from his business. >> my two sons, who are right here, don and eric, are going to be running the company. they are going to be running it in a very professional manner. theyre not going to discuss it with me. again, i dont have to ...

Sessions. so listen to rudy giuliani. >> so clinton went through two people. >> and donald trump put sessions in there who is supposedly his best friend -- not pete sessions. >> if jeff had a nanny problem, probably a lot better. the first two clinton peephole nanny problems. >> he to are recuse himself from the entire investigation. >> i dont know why he didnt come to the president about that. >> better if jeff session husband a nanny problem? >> ethics experts told him he had to recuse based o...

Kushner companies got a bigger loan from citi group in the spring of 2017. kushner met with them at the white house, where they reportedly talked about financial and trade policies. of course, it was citi groups executive officer. short time after, citi made a loan to kushner companies. a spokesperson says, quote, kushner companies had been a bank client before the election, and the relationship had no connection to kushners white house role. the spokesman says, citi negotiated the loan with one...

Moderates. our president was elected to comply with the constitution. hes in violation of the constitution if hes receiving payments from foreign governments or corporations controlled by foreign governments. its going to stop. >> one quick question for you. we only have a little time left. youre an ethics expert. let me ask you something. what is your definition of when it is correct to call something a lie? >> when its not true. when somebody says something thats not true. we have heard untrut...