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Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. 2016. He was a very close ally of tom price, instrumental in price being chosen as Hhs Secretary. You know price has since left that post. Collins attorneys have released an official statement saying quote, we will answer the charges filed against Congress Collins in court. And will mount a vigorous defense to clear his good name. It is notable that even the government does not allege that congress man collins traded a sing...

Things you get the ethics side but also the government responsibility side of it. when these things go together you have a lawyer for cuomo defending himself, defending his client but in the end he has to pay that. carley: think back to where we were a year and a half ago when national news coverage of every press conference he gave he was considered the love go, the emmy, $5.1 million book deal despite the pandemic hadnt ended and now look where he is today. a lot has changed and people fightin...

With people. wow! talk about what has happened here, and have we heard anything from republican congressional leadership? >> we knew there was investigation into this on the ethics side. there had been a lot of questions about this company, hhs secretary tom price. this was raised in his--former secretary i should say. this was raised in his confirmation hearing. a lot of concerns about his involvement. to a certain extent its not as big of a surprise as it could be. so far the sources ive spoke...

Clinton did during his problems -- which to create a legal warroom in the white house counsels office to deal with this on a day-to-day basis. and you see abby lowell coming in to represent jared kushner. abby is a well-known criminal lawyer. represented john edwards recently in his problems. you see the shifting in legal representation. jamie stays in as the ethics person, jamie garelek, abbys front and center on the ethics side. people see this is a criminal investigation, not a hoax, not a wi...

>> and its not just him. we should note there are a bunch of stories now, jared kushner, we dont know the full extent of what he has and has not divested from, same with steve bannon who has various holdings. theres even an allegation by crew, another group in washington, that christopher leidel, whos an assistant to the president, violated the conflict of interest statutes by attending meetings with companies he has a financial interest in. those are criminal statutes. >> theres no question we ...

Has various holdings. theres even an allegation by crew, another group in washington, that christopher leidel, whos an assistant to the president, violated the conflict of interest statutes by attending meetings with companies he has a financial interest in. those are criminal statutes. >> theres no question we have a plethora of ethical crises and this is one place where the congress is not doing its job in stepping up. the interview you just had with congressman schiff shows when it comes to t...

Of "the celebrity apprentice" on nbc, even though hes president of the united states. what does that say to you? >> look, yesterday we were talking about the extraordinary spectacle of the president-elect tweeting criticism of an individual american citizen who criticized him. today we are talking about the extraordinary circumstance of a president-elect maintaining an economic interest in a television program that is produced by one entertainment conglomerate and aired by another. that tells yo...

And had something brought to him and spent the time to think about what it really meant, spent a lot of time talking to people on the ethics side, people on the science side, he came to the conclusion that he really could not let that legislation -- >> so dont go by what he promises in the campaign? >> i think what you ought to go by is his record after he swore -- took his oath of office as governor. thats the stand that i think -- >> what about this larger question, another question? individua...

And spent the time to think about what it really meant, spent a lot of time talking to people on the ethics side, people on the science side, he came to the conclusion that he really could not let that legislation -- >> so dont go by what he promises in the campaign? >> i think what you ought to go by is his record after he swore -- took his oath of office as governor. thats the stand that i think -- >> what about this larger question, another question? individual mandate. i believe that every p...