Page 41 - Ethics Experts News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Processes and procedures at the department of justice, including consulting with senior ethics officials on his oversight responsibilities and matters that may warrant recusal. joining me right now is paul butler, former federal prosecutor. phil rucker, bureau chief at the washington post. i am skeptical. i've watched them before. i don't think the democrats have the stuff to stop this appointment. i don't know how they yank him out of there. i think it's a fait accompli. what do you think? he's there. he's attorney general. he's awash the fbi, the probe, everything. >> even the department of ...

Leaving stomach -- he has no reason to recuse unless the ethics experts say that he should. i think that this is all part of the normal trumpet delirium, where anything that he does, the democrats oppose. given his opinions as a pond and the mueller probe, that doesn't mean that he will take action as the attorney general. i hope no action is taken against bob mueller. he should be able to finish this report. >> bill: the exchange that is getting a lot of attention. we asked kellyanne conway about that. she said the following about that. you as a former white house press secretary, you are ver...

They will take the presidency. but who is guarding the guardians? who is overseeing the special counsel or other overzealous prosecutors? the courts are doing it. there is no process that today exists and i suggest that the appointment of a permanent group to oversee prosecutorial overreaching, it could include a great former prosecutors like robert morgan, the legendary d.a. of new york. it could include at ethics experts, constitutional experts like floyd abrams, and they would have the opportunity to at least file reports about prosecutorial overreach. because today the special counsel is t...

Attacks on michael cohen who now said he is willing to cooperate with the investigation. with special council rothenberg muell mueller's investigation, the president is ramping up attacks against the probe. in a series of tweets, the president accusing mueller of having conflicts of interest, the white house did not respond to the request for information, but ethics experts determined last year that mueller's assignment is appropriate. president trump's latest criticism coming days after sources told cnn that michael cohen is prepared to tell mueller that then president trump knew in advance m...

We are starting a abby phillips. >> another weekend of attacks on the robert mueller special investigation. the president and his allies are also intensifying their attacks on michael cohen who is signaling they will want talk to him in a different case. >> with robert mueller's investigation inching closer and closer to trump's inner circle, the president is ramping up his attacks. in a series of tweeting, the president saying mueller had conflicts of interest including a contentious alleged relationship with mr. trump. ethics experts determined last year that mueller's assignment is appropri...