Corruption Overseas News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Rival here in the united states. you saw that. >> i did. >> aside from any sort of quid pro quo situation and whether you feel like that was relevant or not, he in fact asked the president of ukraine to investigate his political rival. that in and of itself alone, is that appropriate? >> you have to look at the context and the mindset. the mens rea, as we say in the law. what did the president have on his mind? he's been on record for years having a problem with corruption in ukraine. ukraine is listed as the third most corrupt nation in the world. he wants to make sure our taxpayer dollars ar...

Truth he adds in this detail that by the way donald trump will not like. the detail was that it was a quid pro quo. >> rooting out corruption overseas, a sitting u.s. ambassador who has to be told to tell the truth. ostensively leave this up to the lawyers he may have perjured himself in front of congress, a federal crime punishable by jail and lying about the target of the investigation. so many levels, what does this do for the credibility of our government officials just from a rule of law and enforcement standpoint j standpoint? i was part of congressional investigati investigations. no on...

Absolutely chilling. the basis of your argument is that the president is involved with kleptocratic regimes in terms of his own business practices in countries around the world. why is that not just something personally bad about him or potentially criminal about his business? why is that dangerous for us as a country? >> so when the president of the united states is in business with a regime like that, that's like a stamp of approval, right? it doesn't matter what u.s. policy might be about corruption overseas, so then wraps is, people subjected to systemic corruption react by going to -- we ...