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>> reporter: ethics experts say it is not illegal to use a straw or fake bidder to buy something at auction. what is, is trump using his -- foundation. >> it is illegal to use charity funds for personal gain and he kept the painting for himself. >> and what happened to the painting? >> i believe it is in one of the clubs. >> reporter: could trump be prosecuted for this? >> well, one, he is president and the department of justice said they will not indict a sitting president and they did close down the charity and as one event, they may not think it warrants criminal prosecution. if this a patt...

Of the trump comparisons. i have to ask you lastly about you are up a other this crazy viral video of freshman congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez's lightning round game where she's asking ethics experts like you some questions on money and politics so here's a clip. >> one last thing, mr. schaub, in relation to congressional oversight that we have, the wlimts that a s tha limits that are placed on me as a congresswoman, compared to the executive branch and compared to the president of the united states, would you say that congress has the same sort of standard of accountability? are there ...

The campaign. the tax law hearing set for 2:00 p.m. how long do we expect this to take? do they have the power, to our knowledge, to demand the president's tax returns? >> so this seems to be the first step today with the hearing. democrats setting up the showdown. it could be their first step to demanding the president's tax returns. this afternoon the house ways and means committee are broadly framing the hearing into the importance of, in general, presidents disclosing tax returns. but it will also focus on the proposed legislation that would require all presidential candidates and the pres...

They initially said it was close to 3,000. now it has come out that it could have been thousands more. the administration and hhsig saying there's no exact count here. so democrats will be asking a lot of questions on that. they will likely be hindered in getting exact answers since the health and human services declined to appear for this hearing. it is quite possible with azar not there they might not get a lot of answers this time around. then of course a little bit later democrats on the house ways and means committee will be making the first step towards demanding the president's tax retu...

>> february 8. >> number one, his original credentials for the job given the fact he had launched attacks on the mueller investigation, that this was legitimate, et cetera. how he handled that. secondly, his status in terms of disregarding the ethics experts in the department of justice and not recusing himself. third of all, has he, in fact, done anything? has he told mueller, you can't do this, you can't do that. has he obstructed the investigation in any way? has he had conversation with the white house? has the white house told him anything? has he told the administration what's going on w...