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Potential corruption. so the president-elect got into this discussion, got into, as you just played that sound bite he said i got a deal from a guy in dubai but i said no. to some folks underscore how authority this whole issue is for him. trump lawyers it's not realistic to fully divest as recommended by the office of governmental ethics and not ethical to create a blind trust and not what people think it is but again, not the view of some of these ethics expert. the president-elect could release his tax returns and settle a lot of these issues as to where his money is going and his assets ar...

This law is a lot easier. that's the challenge facing republicans right now. >> kasie hunt following all of it on capitol hill, literally, following the vice president-elect. at that same press conference donald trump explained how he plans to separate his presidency from his business. >> my two sons, who are right here, don and eric, are going to be running the company. they are going to be running it in a very professional manner. they're not going to discuss it with me. again, i don't have to do this. >> i want to bring in kathleen clark, a law professor at washington university. kathen, ...

Sessions. so listen to rudy giuliani. >> so clinton went through two people. >> and donald trump put sessions in there who is supposedly his best friend -- not pete sessions. >> if jeff had a nanny problem, probably a lot better. the first two clinton peephole nanny problems. >> he to are recuse himself from the entire investigation. >> i don't know why he didn't come to the president about that. >> better if jeff session husband a nanny problem? >> ethics experts told him he had to recuse based on circumstances. the president is far from an ethics expert. he did what he should have done and t...

Kushner companies got a bigger loan from citi group in the spring of 2017. kushner met with them at the white house, where they reportedly talked about financial and trade policies. of course, it was citi group's executive officer. short time after, citi made a loan to kushner companies. a spokesperson says, quote, kushner companies had been a bank client before the election, and the relationship had no connection to kushner's white house role. the spokesman says, citi negotiated the loan with one of kushner's business partners, who, there is a good chance -- i'm no longer quoting -- was one o...

Moderates. our president was elected to comply with the constitution. he's in violation of the constitution if he's receiving payments from foreign governments or corporations controlled by foreign governments. it's going to stop. >> one quick question for you. we only have a little time left. you're an ethics expert. let me ask you something. what is your definition of when it is correct to call something a lie? >> when it's not true. when somebody says something that's not true. we have heard untruths over and over again in this campaign. >> if i say two plus two is five, that's not true. ma...