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It is not looking good for scott pruitt. the time has epa administrator has been swamped with ethics issues. in a new report out monday the government accountability office, a congressional watchdog agency said the e.p.a. broke the law when it installed a $43,000 phone booth in pruitt's office and didn't tell congress. that puts a $5,000 cap on how much political appointees can spend on office items without telling congress first. in a separate report, the e.p.a.'s inspector general had documents showing pruitt approved raises. let's look at the ethics issues. there's the $43,000 phone booth w...

Is going to weather this one out. >> 23 ethics issues, jason. huffington post reporting that scott pruitt right now facing at least 23 ethics issues. does this send a message in washington that anyone is safe as long as they carry out the president's agenda? >> no, craig. it delivers even more important message which is anyone that's safe in washington, d.c., if donald trump likes you. seriously, that's how his personal doctor can run the veterans association. if donald trump has a personal relationship with you, not just a tweet, i like michael flynn, but if he has a personal relationship wit...

Justice. i remember talking to the white house in two different administrations, the bush and obama administration, about ethics issues. and if i mentioned at any point that an inspector general in some agency was looking into a matter, they would throw up their hands and say, we can't really talk about that, we are going to get out of your way. because they didn't want to be seen as influencing the investigation. and that crossed party lines, both republican administration under bush and democrat administration under obama reacted that way. and that was just inspector general investigation, n...

We need to be mindful of it. we had the same dilemma when the house is involving ethics issues, involving justices doing their investigations. sometimes they give the fbi more thyme to finish the work and sometimes they don't. here congress cannot afford to wait in my view. yes. >> you said the community lacks all of the resources they need or doesn't have as many resources as other national security committees. doesn't that handicap the investigation from the start given the complexities of this matter? secondly, what is the stated reasons as to why the senate won't join with the house commit...

With the poor lawyering. i thought it was very notable that the panel hammered the white house counsel, reading between the lines. they were saying, done mcgahn, you didn't do your job. >> hold your thoughts. we have many more questions for you. stick around. the trump white house is also facing ethics issues involving two top advisers. did his national security adviser lie about talking to russia ability sanctions? our panel takes that on next.