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Government just gave us all this stolen information and told the voters that, that would be one thing. i still think it would be a crime, but at least theyre being transparent. when they are concealing the source of that, that is exactly what our open society is meant to prevent. we want people to evaluate information in context. and just to bring this back to the framers of the constitution, they were worried about two things, chris. they were worried about foreign influence and self-dealing. t...

Now, if the trump campaign went on tv and said, hey, the russian government just gave us all this stolen information and told the voters that, that would be one thing. i still think it would be a crime, but at least theyre being transparent. when they are concealing the source of that, that is exactly what our open society is meant to prevent. we want people to evaluate information in context. and just to bring this back to the framers of the constitution, they were worried about two things, chr...

The dues paying and the union membership. paul: so as i have looked at the evidence in wisconsin and michigan, for example, which changed the obligations of state employees some time ago, about a third of government employees, roughly decide today drop out and not pay the dues, is that your estimate of what might happen in illinois? >> well, paul, its hard to know for sure how things will evolve. we will see, we will know more in the coming few weeks. i will say this, illinois is unusual because...

To opt in or opt out of the due, the dues paying and the union membership. paul: so as i have looked at the evidence in wisconsin and michigan, for example, which changed the obligations of state employees some time ago, about a third of government employees, roughly decide today drop out and not pay the dues, is that your estimate of what might happen in illinois? >> well, paul, its hard to know for sure how things will evolve. we will see, we will know more in the coming few weeks. i will say ...

Drain the swamp. were going to get it done. >> now, pruitts swamp habits may be brazen and tone deaf, but hes not alone. his interior secretary under pressure for dealings with the oil giant. trumps treasury secretary exposed for questionable taxpayer funded travel, an issue that caused trumps health secretary his job already and then there is trumps housing chief, ben carson. hes actually probably the closest to pruitt in allegations of petty fleecing, like spending $31,000 to redecorate his ow...

Self-entitlement? isnt itself-dealing? havent we crossed that boundary? self-entitlement is, you know, i want things for myself and i want -- self-dealing is sort of the stench of whats gone on at the epa, calling around to get businesses for your wife, taking a free room from a lobbyist. this seems to have crossed over from what looks like self-entitlement to be flagrant corruption and self-dealing. >> i think he feels entitled to these things e. feels he can reach out and get these types of pe...

Is going to be long lasting after his departure. we have public servants who are going to do these things, self-dealing, self-entitlement, whatever. >> can you think of an example of an american cabinet secretary with this quantity of scandal, this quantity -- 13 federal investigations into his conduct, and these are republican-led institutions. hes under investigation by republican-led house and senate. >> im not a scholar of cabinet secretaries over the years. it is certainly in my lifetime in...

Actually making campaign contributions to help his ground gain in front of the iowa caucuses. has this man no shame? >> lets read element 3 from the attorney generals statement on an iowa fundraiser. the attorney generals investigation found that the foundation raised in exsez of $2.8 million in a manner designed influence the election. foundation raised the funds from the public at a nationally televised fundraiser he held in lieu of participating in the debate on june 28, 2016. he said im no t...

Persistently illegal conduct and was used by the president to settle business debts, promote his hotels and support his presidential campaign. his son donald trump jr. denies those allegations. >> just to be clear, you did not take a salary from this -- >> ive never taken a cent from it. neither did my brother, neither did my sister, neither did my father. >> theyre asking the court to dissolve the foundation and she wants to ban his children for serving on any board for one year. let me just re...

Really astonishing to see ivanka trump, eric trump, you know listed on this document. essentially theyre trying to take away their ability to run this foundation, trying to dissolve the entire thing. and going to fine them heavily. and there are, theres evidence, you have corey lewandoski, the trump campaign manager emailing the head of the trump foundation saying can you distribute funds? and they were essentially used by top campaign officials, as their own piggy bank. so this is really someth...