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Those questions. this new development comes after the embattled epa administrator fired back in an interview with fox news last night. >> is draining the swamp renting the apartment of the wife of a washington lobbyist? >> i don't think it is remotely fair to ask that question. >> so why did you accept $50 a night to rent the condo of a wife of a lobbyist. >> let's talk about that. that has been reviewed by the officials here. that's something they said was market rate. >> good on you, ed henry, from fox news. of course that's a fair question to ask. i don't want to put you in the hot seat. bu...

Right, to help put the lights back on and everything else in puerto rico. so ambassador eisen, you are the ethics guy. what questions do you have? again, the white house saying this was puerto rico call. federal government had nothing to do with this despite some of the questions. what are your questions, sir? >> well, question number one is what's the qualifications of this company that's two years old, just two employees when hurricane maria hit. question number two, zeinke or other trump administration involvement. whitefish is it a very small town. the ceo of the company admits he knows hi...

Major health care bill going through the process. you know, listen, i hope he gets his life back together, but he needed to go. this was very bad judgment at the very best. >> looking back on it, i'm sure, phil, he understands that. you know, i'm sure it's -- i would hope it's so obvious at this point. how did it get there? >> it's not obvious. let me talk to somebody who was on the oversight committee when i was at the fbi. i'm sorry to inform you, a few tough moments there. there are two elements here. the first is what the people around you will tell you, what the ethics officer will tell y...

Vice presidents, and most top white house officials. i've seen the sacrifices these individuals have had to make. it's important to understand that the president is now entering a world of public service. he's going to be asking his own he's going to ask our men and women in uniform to risk their lives in conflicts around the world. so no, i don't think the vesture is too high a price to be the president of the united states of america. >> let's start here. i've got two of our commentators standing by. robby mook is the former campaign manager for hillary clinton. gentlemen, welcome, welcome. ...

Problem for the new administration their only response has been to threaten to subpoena and implicitly threaten the funding of the government of ethics guy. it's not going to work. just ask south carolina. think of the south carolina government officials trying to make the decision whether or not donald trump would have to pay for this thing. it is not going to work. not going to work to attack an ethics office, instead of grappling with the ethics problems that are why ethics offices like these exist. they tried to get away with it. the night before the new congress was formed. they tried to ...