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Transparent process for the executive and legislative branch to see the flow of funds. to be honest as a former executive branch employee, i dont know that i would support putting 45 days to release funds for ukraine on the release of funds. i would want to see ukraine certified that they reached anti-corruption benchmarks and want the procurement process and the disbursements to move along a schedule so at least on this it does look like there was a compromise. but i dont think we have any grea...

Questions, including the domestic emoluments clause and concerns about what procurement process they used and whether that complied with procurement laws. but it also potentially implicates the procurement integrity act, and im not claiming a violation has occurred because theyve concealed the facts, but theyve revealed enough facts to know that an investigation is absolutely warranted, because its actually a crime for a business owner like trump to obtain confidential site source selection info...

That may be the government oversight committee and reform. what we saw yesterday and what were seeing is really unprecedented in which a president inserts himself into a procurement process. this would be problematic whether or not it involved a trump property or not. but the fact that it includes a trump property, president trump directing that an official government business, which is hosting the g7 summit, be held at his property? thats self-dealing at its worst, if not all outright corruptio...

Hypotheticals but sometimes he is. the question now, seriously, was she joking when she said the president doesnt lie? perspective from "the washington post" nick who shares a by line on this pardon story. so nick, based on your reporting, what did the president actually say about pardoning officials? >> so the president said to aids who were worried about both the pace of the contracting process, the procurement process, the environmental concerns as well as the imminent domain issues involved ...

>> look, i dont think there is any question that the president said that in the meeting but the context of it is just, we dont know how it was said and we dont know how it was taken. a lot of this is somewhat speculative but one thing he wasnt kidding about is the fact that he wants to see a border fence built and he wants to see it built in a fast and efficient manner. look, he has a right to be frustrated with bureaucracy getting in the way of construction of that fence. ive worked in governme...

First time that the president has reportedly suggested pardoning people who break the law to get things done that he wants to get done. >> look, i dont think there is any question that the president said that in the meeting but the context of it is just, we dont know how it was said and we dont know how it was taken. a lot of this is somewhat speculative but one thing he wasnt kidding about is the fact that he wants to see a border fence built and he wants to see it built in a fast and efficient...

Perspective from "the washington post" nick who shares a by line on this pardon story. so nick, based on your reporting, what did the president actually say about pardoning officials? >> so the president said to aids who were worried about both the pace of the contracting process, the procurement process, the environmental concerns as well as the imminent domain issues involved with taking large amounts of private land along the border when they express those worries, the president said dont wor...

Other company, this is a critical component. it is something that needs to b looked into. secretary maddox met with the same as unofficial but then the pentagon tried to keep the meeting secret is if it were some national security secret which of course its not. why wouldnt they be open about that? >> when you look at a procurement process, it should be open and transparent and competitive. when you look at keeping somebody as high as meeting wit a potential bidder of a contrac of $10 billion an...

I appreciate you highlighting it for the american people. >> tucker: detail that bothered me and correct me if im getting this wrong. the secretary mattis met with this amazon official but then the pentagon tried to keep that meeting secret. as if it were some national security secret. , which of course, its not. why wouldnt they be open about that? >> well, when you look at procurement process it should be open and transparent and competitive. when you look at it keeping, you know, somebody as ...

Executive counsel advised. and so we believe that this is not only bad for georgia because its a hackable machine that does not protect the vote, but its also procurement nightmare where we see self-enrichment on the state level similar to what we saw happen on the federal level. >> the voting machine contracts to acquire voting machines to a company represented by the sitting governor six months ago? >> i believe he was -- i want to be fair about how soon ill give him a buffer of six months. it...