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Democrats. Members of congress here here from both sides of the aisle to talk about wa happened today. Lets turn back to the breaking news, the Washington Post explosive report that the president of the United States is currently under a Criminal Investigation for the Obstruction Of Justice. Responding in a statement, a spokesman for the president s attorney did not dispute the post report, saying only the fbi leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable, and illegal. Joining me now, the Washington Posts sari horwitz, one of the reporters who broke this tire. Sari, th...

When they choose to exercise that power. he still has an emoluments problem that needs to be dealt with but this reminds me of the "access hollywood" tape when he was in trouble and republicans were ready to possibly abandon him and they force him to go to the camera and issue that weird apology. donald trump gets backed into a corner sometimes and so i hope republicans realize that the president presents political problems for them that if they speak out in truth when they are right on constitutional issues, they could force him to take a better course. >> and jen, i want to ask you about mic...

For instance, if trump wants to get the g7 at his resort, fine. then you may have an emoluments problem. but you cannot lump every single transaction. you have to separate -- did trump make this money because of his presidency, or did the agreement, was that in effect prior to him becoming president. >> let me read you a piece of the politico story by our friend, natasha bertrand. it says the air force has significantly ramped up its overnight stays in scotland under trump after signing a contract, as you said, with the prestwick airport, situated 20 miles from turnbury in the waning months of...

From bill barr individually, not from any government. so it's not technically an emoluments problem. it is, however, i think, a very serious ethical problem that bill barr has created. now, bill barr's people said he got ethical clearance from in the justice department. i'm really having a hard time buying that because i worked at the justice department for eight years. we were not allowed to sell girl scout cookies within the department or to other government officials because you need to avoid even the appearance of a conflict. you don't want money changing hands. so i think bill barr showed...

Other than his set salary from a foreign government, the u.s. government, or any state. so when mike pence stayed at trump's resort, some of the money to pay for that came from the u.s. government. that was taxpayer money to cover pence's costs and his official detail's cost. that is an emoluments problem. so we'll see where congress goes with it. overall, ana, the bigger picture, this just looks and feels corrupt. we saw the evolving explanations this week. first pence's people said trump had only suggested that he stay there. then they switched it over to convenience. they said, well, the vi...