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It is not looking good for scott pruitt. the time has epa administrator has been swamped with ethics issues. in a new report out monday the government accountability office, a congressional watchdog agency said the e.p.a. broke the law when it installed a $43,000 phone booth in pruitts office and didnt tell congress. that puts a $5,000 cap on how much political appointees can spend on office items without telling congress first. in a separate report, the e.p.a.s inspector general had documents s...

Is going to weather this one out. >> 23 ethics issues, jason. huffington post reporting that scott pruitt right now facing at least 23 ethics issues. does this send a message in washington that anyone is safe as long as they carry out the presidents agenda? >> no, craig. it delivers even more important message which is anyone thats safe in washington, d.c., if donald trump likes you. seriously, thats how his personal doctor can run the veterans association. if donald trump has a personal relatio...

Justice. i remember talking to the white house in two different administrations, the bush and obama administration, about ethics issues. and if i mentioned at any point that an inspector general in some agency was looking into a matter, they would throw up their hands and say, we cant really talk about that, we are going to get out of your way. because they didnt want to be seen as influencing the investigation. and that crossed party lines, both republican administration under bush and democrat...

We need to be mindful of it. we had the same dilemma when the house is involving ethics issues, involving justices doing their investigations. sometimes they give the fbi more thyme to finish the work and sometimes they dont. here congress cannot afford to wait in my view. yes. >> you said the community lacks all of the resources they need or doesnt have as many resources as other national security committees. doesnt that handicap the investigation from the start given the complexities of this m...

With the poor lawyering. i thought it was very notable that the panel hammered the white house counsel, reading between the lines. they were saying, done mcgahn, you didnt do your job. >> hold your thoughts. we have many more questions for you. stick around. the trump white house is also facing ethics issues involving two top advisers. did his national security adviser lie about talking to russia ability sanctions? our panel takes that on next.

Members who do engage ethically. >> most of them do, absolutely. >> most do but several dont like this idea of an independent agency monitoring them on ethics issues. i think leo is right. it wasnt just a jack abramoff issue but the paid fein the abrd 21 officials convicted of bribery and charges an the ethics committee sat on the sidelines during the process. it was a big embarrassment to the committee. to underscore leos point, any inspector the general has to have three things, the ability to...

Election day on the conservative web site the daily caller alleging that senator menendez traveled to the dominican republic and there engaged in, again, allegedly, in sex with underaged prostitutes. the committee for responsibility and ethics in washington, otherwise known as crew, which has a pretty good track record on ethics issues has formally asked the fbi and the department of justice to investigate whether or not senator menendez did indeed engage in sex tourism in the dominican republic...

Where we have reports that senator -- former senator from alaska, ted stevens is on that plane. a lot of coverage of that in a second. this is unusual. we went to the floor of the house of representatives, because we were not expecting congressman charlie rangel of new york to make the speech that you just heard. its been going on for over 20 minutes right now. i want to go to brianna keilar at the capitol, because she was listening to it, as well. this was -- congress is back in session to deal...

Welcome back to "hardball." democrats promised to drain the swamp in congress when they gained control in 2006. now the party faces two ethics trials for veteran house members. is this a problem for the midterm elections? obviously it is. democratic congressman of pennsylvania is a member of the appropriations committee and also chairs the congressional urban caucus. congressman, thank you for joining us. this is a tricky topic. i dont know anyone who wants to talk about it. least of all people ...

Democrats promised to drain the swamp in congress when they gained control in 2006. now the party faces two ethics trials for veteran house members. is this a problem for the midterm elections? obviously it is. democratic congressman of pennsylvania is a member of the appropriations committee and also chairs the congressional urban congress. congressman, thank you for joining us. this is a tricky topic. i dont know anyone who wants to talk about it. least of all people who know charlie rangel. n...