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Investigation. this is a little different for this person, barr, because even though he has inserted himself in the controversy and the discussions, he doesn't have the same type of relationship that jeff sessions had that may compel the ethics group to say, listen, you may be a part of the investigation. however, he still does have the really big conundrum of you can't possibly be seen as impartial in this case. we don't like injustice to have even the hint of impropriety, let alone a 20-page memo that says you are not appropriate to be doing this. barr says he knows exactly what mueller is i...

General at this stage. and i think it is right of republicans and democrats to raise serious concerns at this stage. >> you're getting to where i want to go with this because i think it's really important. i want to bring back in these two. does this mean recusal? >> it could. >> the biggest problem for trump is the reason why he antagonized him the way he did. his decision based op the rules look, you've got a financial vested interest in this investigation. you have to recuse yourself, you're disqualified because there will be impartiality problems with it. because you're a surrogate, you ma...

Branded luxury apartments. president trump signed the deals before he won the white house, but some ethics group now argue that the trip does raise some concerns. benjamin hall has the story live in our london newsroom. benjamin? >> yeah, shep. there's been a fair amount of controversy about this trump by donald trump jr. you'll remember two years ago, president trump handed over control of his business empire to his two sons. that was to avoid conflict of interests between his new political life and his previous business career. now as donald trump jr. arrives in india to launch these new lux...

>> if it wasn't clear to everyone, trump's hotel in washington, a magnet for foreign officials. ethics groups suit. then trump doubled the cost of mar-a-lago membership and six cabinet members have been investigated for misusing your money, your tax dollars, for private travel. i'm joined by white house ethics chief richard painter, who served under president bush and is filing a lawsuit against trump's hotel in washington. richard, you have been busy in a bad way this year, by which i mean your ethics group and others have had to keep up with a whole range of conflicts. what have we learned a...

Steps realistically possible to make it clear he's not exploiting the office of the presidency for his personal benefit. >> not clear to everyone. trump's hotel in washington, magnet for foreign officials. ethics groups sued. then trump doubled cost of mar-a-largo membership. and cabinet, six members investigate for misusing your money, private tax dollars, for travel. richard painter. filing a lawsuit against trump's hotel in washington. richard you've been busy in a bad way this year. by which i mean your ethics group and others have had to keep up with a whole range of conflicts. taking it ...