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President is a polar figure and looms large over the elections. what is remarkable, when i meet with the democratic congressional candidates, they dont talk about the president. usually in the interviews, if somebody brings up the president, its me. they are laser focused on what votes they took or what they may have done wrong. they are capitalizing but making an individual case against the republican. >> nathan, thank you for your time. appreciate it. when we come back, sarah sanders wants t...

Tweeted. for those of you asking for the identity of the anonymous coward, she directed them to call the opinion desk of the failing "new york times," which is a quote. and she gave out the phone number. is this a misuse of her position? >> it is a gross misuse of her position. we have an ethics rule about this. misuse, abuse of position. its in 5-cfr-26-35. and the idea of it is -- its a big problem. the trump administration has violated this rule again and again. you cannot use your public off...

Polarizing figure. he does loom large over these elections. i think whats remarkable is when i meet with these democratic congressional candidates, they dont talk about the president. usually in our interviews, if someone brings up the president, its me. theyre focused, laser focused on these republican incumbents and what votes they took or what they may have done wrong. theyre capitalizing on the energy but making an individual case against the republican. >> nathan, harry, thank you for your ...

Government has so much power, they can abuse it in so many different ways. and sarah sanders did that, don. its not just an ethics problem. its a first amendment problem because shes clogged the phone lines over there at "the new york times." shes instructed people to using her government pulpit to interfere with the operations of a private business and a media outlet. the first amendment prohibits that. so i think we have a very serious legal and constitutional problem here yet again. >> norm, ...

So hes been out there pushing the stock. its a major ethics problem. i think the house has to really look at this. we have the stock which is basically -- the republicans have to look at this and ask whether its really worth having members be able to individually trade stocks when almost everything they do can effect that stock. how do you say that a tax bill doesnt affect every stock in this country? and this is the kind of problem theyre going to have. and, yes, they should do something about ...

Return, to say, wait a minute, is there a cloud hanging over jim jordan, is there a tracks? i notice members of congress vice president been returning phone calls. i did talk to some tonight. theyre circling the wagons. they dont want to be associated with someone who might have an ethics problem like this, ed. >> because they simply dont know whats true, whats not true, from a couple decades ago. >> absolutely. its hard to prove, hard to disprove. this could be fatal for jim jordan if he wants ...

Head ponchos will make a decision when members return to say wait a minute, this is a cloud hanging over jim jordan, distraction. can we weigh in on this? members of congress have not been returning many phone calls and they are circling the wagons. they dont want to be associated with someone with an ethics problem like this. >> they dont know what is true and what is not true from a couple decades ago. >> so hard to prove and disprove and this could be fatal for jim jordan if he wants to move ...

Shares in a company called -- all his invesco shares. he signed a document saying they were -- the sales had been the had been completed. then on december 21st, he had another two statements declaring sales of $5 million and $25 million. what does this all mean? >> so what it looks like is he told the office of government ethics is he told them he had done what he promised to do, that was to get rid of these investments. he signed a form saying he had done that. and then six weeks later, he goes...

Garlique.® more breaking news, yet another potential ethics problem for epa administrator scott pruitt. rene marsh has the details. what does this have to do with a mattress from the trump hotel? >> interesting details from democrats with the house oversight committee. they interviewed a top epa aide recently and now theyre releasing new details from that interview with that aide. they say that walking away from that interview it became apparent that scott pruitt has been using his personal s...

So this notion that no one paid attention to the obama administration is just ridiculous. and the point is right now -- >> they werent taken from office, though. >> this administration has an ethics problem and earth to, if scott pruitt worked for barack obama, he would be gone. but hes not rising to the level of scandal for this president. >> thank you both very much. next, the attorney general suggests he wants the russia probe to end. is that appropriate from someone who has recused himself...