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Since that round of reporting sparked by the president's campaign last year, since that round of reporting began, the trump foundation has admitted formally to self-dealing, meaning it disburse what'd were supposed to be charitable funds to benefit trumps rather than for any charitable purpose. the foundation has also come under intense legal scrutiny from the attorney general's office in the state of new york where the foundation is incorporated. that leads to a really interesting detail to watch in this story as ken delany notes at nbcnews.com tonight. even though president trump may wish to...

Joining us is white house correspondent for bloomberg news. nice to have you with us tonight. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> this story confounds me. it's confounded me from the very first inkling we got from members of the administration and campaign would need provide legal counsel. without getting into the -- all the back and forth detail that i just ran through in the new reporting, do you understand basically what is going on in terms of paying for legal fees in this investigation? is there some method to the madness here? >> i understand what is going on at the moment but i t...

Left with this kind of unusual circumstance. and it's going to be an interesting story to see how it plays out going forward. >> this would be unusual and would have that almost backwards dynamic you're describing even if the deputy attorney general was not himself directly personally a player in the obstruction of justice matter that is being investigated here. rod rosenstein of course played a key role in at least the public explanation what happen in the firing of james comey. is it possible robert mueller in investigating that matter and requiring documents from the justice department arou...

Security prosecutors at the justice department were told to look at any ongoing investigations involving iran or iranian nationals with an eye toward making them public." quote, "the push to announce iran-related cases has caused internal alarm with law enforcement officials fearing they're being directed to publicize these specific cases because the trump administration would like congress to impose new sanctions on iran." "federal law enforcement officials have voiced concerns that announcing the cases rather than keeping them under seal could imperil ongoing investigative work or make it ha...

If this is accurate, you can look through the lens of what is going on through iran. the trump administration is reportedly, pushing the national security prosecutors at the justice department to unseal specific cases they are working on for political affect even though it might negatively affect the ability to prosecute cases. this is like is huge red flag in terms of the independence of the justice department and federal law enforcement. so that i think ended up being a lower profile story because it broke on sunday night but then there is tonight's bombshell financial page reporting that fo...