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Behavior on the part of michael cohen. so far, though, i dont think weve seen a direct link to the president in the sense of the president endorsing that behavior or ento your knowledgeing people to go along. i think we need to reserve judgment until we hear more. in terms of michael cohen. hes not covered by the ethics rules, but it is really despicable behaviorer. >> so michael, cnn has learned special prosecutor robert mueller and his team looked into at&t and novartis payments six months ago...

Financial discrlosure form payments to other people. >> even the president said giuliani may have made some mistakes in his interview. >> he just started and wasnt familiar with anything. >> giuliani hasnt said he made the situation worse. giuliani did issue a statement today reiterating the payment to stormy daniels was not a campaign expenditures and earlier told cnn the comments to the media were coordinated with the president and said there was no daylight between him and trump. >> he might ...

It, its not wrong. its not going to work. hes digging himself in deeper and deeper. its all coming out of his own mouth. >> you ever work with someone -- go ahead. >> i was going to say hes so right. we know no one is above the law. we know that in congress. you have the ethics rules if you break them. eventually, youll get in trouble. we know that when youre president and you have an entire country with a free press watching what you do. youve got to walk the walk. this man and mickey is right ...

Hes digging himself in deeper and deeper. its all coming out of his own mouth. >> you ever work with someone -- go ahead. >> i was going to say hes so right. we know no one is above the law. we know that in congress. you have the ethics rules if you break them. eventually, youll get in trouble. we know that when youre president and you have an entire country with a free press watching what you do. youve got to walk the walk. this man and mickey is right on this point too, he never was used to te...

Appear so connected to $130,000 payment. after all, if trump reimbursed him dollar for dollar in one payment, that would show a real connection through circumstantial evidence. but instead, what i think giuliani is trying to do is show that instead, trump paid a certain amount every month to create this sort of pool of retainer/funds in order to pay settlements as cohen sees fit. the problem with that approach is that at least under the rules of ethics it might create some issues. attorneys have...

Giuliani, but the president tweeting about the fact that michael cohen was on a retainer and this is normal for celebs to keep people on a retainer and they can take care of things. could the attorney use a retainer as a way to make payments on a clients behalf. is that really what a retainer is for? >> no. when president trump tweets a statement about the law, you should assume the opposite is true. clients are entitled to benefit from the ethic rules of the profession and one of the cores of t...

His job over? >> im not a lawyer. i dont know if what he said he did in the house of representatives, i think its a violation of the ethics rules. i dont know if thats a violation of federal law or not. but i want to step back and look at the big picture. heres the head of the consumer protection bureau, youre there to represent consumers. th they are dealing with the american banking system. he is to represent them. he called this place -- that bureau a joke when he was e in congress. he goes i...

Off, anderson, and i have to agree with allen, there are ethics rules. and it is universal among journalist, the radio television and digital journalist news organization, the international federation of journalist, all of them have a code. you cant have conflicts. if you do, you have to disclose. i dont think it is right. and there are other strange things anderson, because hannity threw cohen under the bus when he says i never retained him. words to the effect that cohen never represented him....

Its some senior career people as well as trump appointees. when the people who question him get shuffled out, that sepnds te message that you better not question what scott pruitt is going or youll lose your job. that seems to explain why we have these problems coming up again and again because he has sent the message that nobody who knows ethics rules and laws should be questioning him. >> congress knows ethics rules. weve seen republicans in congress now taking issue. >> asking for the e-mails...

Epa chief scott pruitt is in the bulls eye of the governments top ethics official. taking the unusual step of sending a letter to the epa raising questions about whether pruitt has violated ethics rules by using public office for personal gain. the actions at the center of the controversy includes his cut rate apartment rental tied to a high profile washington lobbyist. reports pruitt may have punished staffers who sounded the alarm over his actions. joining me is former epa administrator, forme...