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Unstable or in trouble. certainly a new addition to a heavy strain. theres new reporting about ivanka trump and an international business deal that could be holding up her security clearance. first daughter, ivanka trump, is one of the presidents closest advisers. here she is representing the country at the winter olympics in south korea. in short, shes doing official government business in a very difficult part of the world, potentially involving some of the most sensitive intelligence there is...

Business, but once theyre in government they shouldnt still be conducting business. >> exactly. weve got to keep business and government separate. theres too much big money in politics as it is. donald trump came to washington promising to drain the swamp of washington, and what we have is in the white house, donald trump himself, jared kushner, lobbyists all over washington who are now in the white house, and these people are making decisions that are helping them personally, they are profiting...

Triggered the fbi, and theyve really been looking into it, trying to get an accept, sort sy trying to exploit her, her husband, jared kushner, all of that remains a concern for the fbi. >> would this have any impact on the mueller investigation in. >> it could. because the counter intelligence investigators who are looking at this are also working with the mueller team. anything that has to do with his family, with the president is now being run out of mueller team, out of mueller case. so poten...

Trump had an interim security clearance. do we know if hers has been downgraded like her husbands? >> if suddenly ivanka trump got a top secret clearance, we dont know. and obviously, we saw the case of jared kushner, it was not only his financial dealings but also the mueller investigation that prevented him from obtaining the full security clearance. because theyre married, their security clearance process has an impact on one another. ivanka trump could be impacted by her own business deals o...

Published on her husband, whose company he still has ties with got loans worth billions of dollars. while in his official capacity, he met with bankers who later lent his family business money. officials in four countries had conversations about potential vulnerabilities that kushner had due to financial interests and his companys real estate woes. as of now, jared kushner has a plain old clearance. the calligrapher has a higher clearance. can he stay in >> jareds still a valued member of the ad...

Members as advisers. but we do have nepotism rules. we also have the issue of business. people who have high roles in business, who are having business connections and doing business in the white house that looks like its benefitting them in terms of their personal business life. that is a problem. its a problem whether it happens. its a problem if it looks like it happens. and teach, you agrsteve, you ag appearance of impropriety is a big problem. jared kushner should be out of the white house....

Mexico. i guess my question is, if hillary clinton was president, let me ask you steven. if hillary clinton was president am chelsea clinton and her husband mark, im not sure how to pronounce his last name, had many business dealings, some of which have failed or not done so well, if they were running around the world representing the clinton administration, are you telling me that you would not be raising some concerns? >> i agree there is an appearance of impropriety issue hire. but jared kush...

His response is to this, and its just three sentences, but id like to read it to you and your audience, because he needs to be defended. and this is the statement from his lawyer. jared kushner has had no role in the kushner companies since joining the government and has taken no part of any business loans or projects with or for the companies after that. he has followed the ethics advice he has received from all of his work, which includes the separation of his business. that is his position. i...

Of the wealthiest families in malaysia. hes the one who owns this building, and then they selle sell-o -- sell off the condos. they have generated a lot of interest from foreign buyers. any one of these things can be a possible concern. but the timing of the deal is really interesting. this is one of the few trump properties that actually opened after donald trump took office. so it opened in february 2017. >> why would counter intelligence be interested in this? any idea? >> what you were basic...

Weve had for ten years, look, i dont think there were any ethical problems with barack obama. i dont think i knew anything about business or how to run an economy. i think what attracted so many millions of voters to trump is he is a businessman. >> we know that, but you have no ethical concerns about the fact that business is still being done, that they all have stakes in their business, i mean jared kushner, yes, he put a lot of this in a trust that i think benefits his siblings right now, but...