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Of this great country as long as i serve in this position for whatever period of time that may be. i want to make it clear that i have upheld my responsibility to follow the law every step of the way in the matter that is before us today. i want to also state my support for the whistle-blower and the rights and the laws. whistle blowing has a history in our country dating back to the continental congress. this is not surprising, because as a nation, we desire for good government. therefore, we m...

There were to be a conviction, or a plea, plead guilty, then obviously the ethics committee would follow up after that. but if theres some kind of conviction, typically the member will end up resigning. >> okay. okay. just tell me, as a former member of congress, what sort of seminars orientations would members of congress have to sit through just to know that this is something you dont do? >> well, we do provide ethics training for members but it often talks about things like separating your ca...

Offices. and believe me, theres all kinds of shenanigans that go on late night unfortunately. in the summers, when interns would come in, they would call it skin-tern season and ive witnessed a couple of congressmen who were younger than some others, that would have a good old time at local spots on capitol hill with women that were not their wives. >> do you think lawmakers are being held to a different standard than anything else accused of behavior like this? >> i think because its such a goo...

His country. the leader says he cannot make any definitive promise to visit the u.s. because hes currently tide up. >> president trump and russian president vladimir putin set to speak by telephone this afternoon. it will be their third conversation since trump took office and the first since putin denounced the u.s. for its missile strike last night. all this amid-questions over ties between the trump campaign and the kremlin. the fbi and several committees in capitol hill are investigating. ...

We are waiting for attorney general jeff sessions to speak amid calls he should resign, others saying he should recuse himself from the investigation. we will bring it to you live, but first we are learning days before trump took office, the administration turned down ethics training, they had ordered that for incoming staff to their administrations. dan, tell us what this training -- i think a lot of people dont even know this is something administrations have access to. so tell us what the tra...

Has this background of opposing immigration, not just illegal immigration. >> i would definitely say sessions and bannon share this sort of protectionalist vision for the u.s. i dont know whether their views certainly dovetail with each other but certainly a lot of resonance how they view the immigration issue. >> thank you so much. your piece is fascinating and definitely wort the read in the atlantic. thank you much. >> thank you. >> we are awaiting the news conference, the attorney general je...

Been been fesneficial for them. >> as we have seen in the last six weeks the trump administration has dealt with na number of irssues, not dealing n the process of labor secretary, who had to withdraw his nomination, not passing background checks and leaving the white house before they started the job, the spokesperson tells us they did provide ethics training, but there are a lot of republicans and ethics advisors who say you maybe should have done this program and you wouldnt be having the pro...

And business matters when he sends out tweets promoting his daughters fashion line. >> the issue is we know that part. the problem is, anyone who would have standing to bring these lawsuits would have to prove some harm from them, right? or had he you breach the statutes do not have to have somebody who proves harm? >> certainly. there are other remedies. there is going to be a letter sent to the department of justice asking them to investigate the tweets and the actions of certain people within...

A happy guy. some question whether he was too bold on social media, showing off what he was doing and now theres talk about whether lawmakers should get more ethics training. >> i have to say i was a bit stunned by the announcement. i expert and the american people exhibit members of congress to be held to highest its cal standards. >> i think it would be important for members to have -- members and their families and staff to have the ethics -- responsibility is with the member. >> schock is du...

Knows about the ethics rules. theres supposed to be ethics training. not everybody may have been in compliance. we know that there was sloppy paperwork in how he reported things on the campaign side. and i guess people who are listening know theres allegations concerning how he misused taxpayer money and campaign money. far more serious is any allegation dealing with taxpayer money because that has to do with conversion of taxpayer money to public use. i think a lot of the campaign laws, as ken ...