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>> george papadopoulos is expected to announce he is running for congress as a republican. the former trump campaign advisor tying the california seat of democrat k.d. hill who says she will resign over allegations of improper relationships with staffers. meanwhile richard paynter a chief ethics lawyer under former president george w. bush weighed in with a tweet, katie hill makes a silly mistake sanctimonious democrats have abandoned her, the coffee boy could win. it's a swing district, some katie hill did supporters are furious and could stay home. power plant also alights back and i told yo...

Whistle-blower's allegations that president trump abused his office in pressuring the ukrainian president. okay, lots to get to. we will get straight to our panel. hands nichols, chief ethics white house lawyer under george bush, and ed rendell and msnbc legal analyst barbara, and we will start with hans nichols. hans, we have a lot to cover here. let's get to first potentially this second whistle-blower. what do we know? >> we know, according to "the new york times," and they're citing people who have been briefed on it, that there is a second whistle-blower that is weighing, considering fili...

Filed. what are the two statements telling you? >> that fox is in the eye of the hurricane, she did right thing in saying she had conflict of interest, she knew family of the actor and other ties that she had but choosing another attorney to take her place, she had no precedent, having ethics, chief ethics person saying you did the wrong thing, it doesn't look good for her. >> chances are things are not going to look good retaining the office but really what i think is so important is she messed up the case that's really in the public eye, something that's going to affect her office and also s...

Here's the president. >> it looks to me they're trying to take away her right of free speech. >> you're not going to fire her? >> i'm not goeging to feaire he. >> richard painter who served as the white house chief ethics during the reagan administration. thank you for being back on the show. >> thank you. >> the president is making the argument here and the white house is making the argument that this is actually kellyanne conway's free speech. do you buy that? is that a legitimate argument in your view? >> not on the white house lawn. she doesn't have the right to engage in partisan politics...

The lives of the american people. >> about the judgment that went into the powers that they were given. i will turn to richard painter. so i will thank the entire panel, shelby paul and as welleanor. thanks. i appreciate it. the other chairs demanding the white house give up more information on the inards, the secret details of what donald trump has been discussing with putin. including, of course, these translators. sometimes the only other american person in the room. so for the legalities of this i want to bring in the chief ethics lawyer in the george bush white house. >> good evening. >...