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Yan joining us now. >> this is an effort by house democrats to send a letter to every federal agency seeking information that any business that the federal government is doing with the trump organization. this comes in the wake of a series of reports, for example, in february the state department spent $15,000 to rent rooms at the trump property in vancouver where the family was hosting a grand opening. this comes amid a climate where the head of the office of government ethics resigned and said last month that the united states has become an ethics laughing stock because of the president's co...

That people close to scaramucci says he talked about this tax deferral quite frequently and optically, at this point, though, even if he lands another job, ethics experts say it will be tough for him to apply for tax deferral with a new job because it might come across like he's abusing the program and just trying to get a job to avoid paying the taxes right now. >> and linette, turning to you, you've covered scaramucci for a couple years, his investments, potential conflicts of interest, you know, what do you make of all this. >> i know that people close to scaramucci were talking about him k...

With ethics experts. he had no other choice because issues involve the president himself and he had to appoint a special counsel. arthel: have you spoken to any colleagues at the doj or federal prosecutors? you and they are very committed to the law. how do they feel about serving under this president? >> i have spoken to people outside the government looking in. people inside the government very concerned about saying anything. there is a great concern that this kind of public display of displeasure with the attorney general is not doing because of justice good in the united states and is hur...

Deputy, quote, his deputy he hardly knew, and that's rod rosenstein who is from baltimore. there are very few republicans in baltimore, if any. huh? trump also said a special counsel should never have been appointed in this case, but in an interview conducted before the president's comments were published last night, rosenstein stood by his appointment of mueller and defended his fairness. >> i made the decision to appoint director mueller based upon his reputation, he had an excellent reputation. really bipartisan support for his integrity. and that's why i made that decision. i'm not going t...

The first official trump re-election fund-raiser is being held at the trump international hotel, just blocks from the white house. it's a safe bet the re-election committee will have a big take, and so will the hotel owned by the businessman turned president. it's jusince taking office in january, it's hard to find a weekend where president trump did not visit a trump property. from mara there are people saying you should be more transparent about this. if there's a yellow flashing light at the intersection, he's just going right through it. this shouldn't bother him, should it? >> he clearly ...