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>> can you release that publicly? >> the normal rule is its public. i would not be surprised to hear that donald trump wants it to be confidential. i would expect hell resist that. >> who decides all this? >> the judge will decide. >> hes federal judge? >> hes a federal judge. >> what is your sense? youre an experienced attorney. where is this heading? >> i think the judge sent a loud, clear message to president trump the other day. the message youre not above the law. you have to abide by the l...

Advisor. but he will be paid by the trump organization so journalists criticized that. trish: they will continue criticizing. but if he said okay, donald trump is going to sell his business. its not the same as saying i have a stock portfolio where there is a liquid market and you can sell all your shares and get the market value for it. if he divests and sells that business it would take years, it would and massive distraction from anything we wanted him doing in the presidency, and you run ano...

Advisor. but he will be paid by the trump organization so journalists criticized that. trish: they will continue criticizing. but if he said okay, donald trump is going to sell his business. its not the same as saying i have a stock portfolio where there is a liquid market and you can sell all your shares and get the market value for it. if he divests and business it would take years, it would and massive distraction from anything we wanted him doing in the presidency, and you run another risk. ...

Interest. hes always been concerned about the letter of the law. so doing the right thing, as you and i might imagine it, which would involve limiting the amount of problems and potential conflicts, isnt in his mind. hes going to do whats legal. and hes going to do what he thinks is best for him. eventually, maybe, the weight of the presidency will move him to behave differently, but for now, hes true to form. >> and theres no reason still to believe, michael, that he will divest ownership of th...

With you know, if he has the good of the country in mind. but on the other hand, if he divests, who he actually sells to, that could be a thorny issue, as well. if hes selling to saudi arabia, or some other entity. >> yeah. i think its a huge practical problem. people talk about, well, the president -- you know, president-elect trump ought to just sell everything. well, its not like waving a magic wand. i mean, he has a great assortment of properties. you know, hes got a slightly used golf cours...