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Counsel, one of trump's long time attorneys, doesn't know washington but is a well known trial attorney that also represents russian companies. resetting the search for fbi director after wide-ranging former leading cabinet senator joe lieberman. lieberman is a partner at the same law firm as kasoweitz. >> joining us now, chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee republican congressman jason chaffetz. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. >> so we have a lot to discuss concerning your committee's investigations. first i want to ask you about cnn's new repor...

Interest for joe lib erman if the president tried to choose him as fbi director, so it seems as though the choice of his personal defense lawyer may rule out joe lieberman. >> it's possible, what you saw is like new special counsel, former fbi director, he was part of the law fthat represents ivanka trump and he quits that law firm. you would have to have him either quit the firm or trump's lawyer leave the firm to try and avoid that conflict, unclear whether or not they'll pick lieberman here. the choice of this guy from new york who doesn't know washington or any of the procedural rules, sho...

Going to say. >> it turns out that the lawyer that donald trump has decided to hire to represent him on all of this is a partner with joe lieberman in that law firm, that would represent a conflict of interest for joe lib erman if the president tried to choose him as fbi director, so it seems as though the choice of his personal defense lawyer may rule out joe lieberman. >> it's possible, what you saw is like new special counsel, former fbi director, he was part of the law firm that represents ivanka trump and he quits that law firm. you would have to have him either quit the firm or trump's l...

Assurance because the two of them have a relationship that is strong? >> reporter: i think what it means is that there will be communication. i don't think it means that donald trump is going to agree with paul ryan all of the time. donald trump got elected president. paul ryan did not. paul ryan was someone who did not endorse him right away. paul ryan, however, has an agenda, and trump may choose to pick parts of it, and he may choose to reject other parts of it. but what i think it means with reince priebus there is that there will be discussion, communication, and that things won't be left...

40, those will keep going up. it's going to be like a lot of governors that get elected with such a high negative rating, that they can't govern. >> i think the obama campaign perceived that and started that choice ad the other day. >> the positive one. >> which i think is the best ad of the campaign so far. >> steve schmidt i don't see how either two, i don't mean to be negative in july, i don't see given the current climate and the billions of dollars of ads that are going to be spent over the next five months, i don't see how either one of these candidates govern when they get elected. if m...