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>> you then have to ask the question, why, if they had this information that they think is incredibly relevant to the house investigation would they not invite adam schiff along with devin nunes and say -- >> why not pick up the phone and say let's get chairman nunes on the grounds of the white house asap. >> and beyond that, if he was given information to say, i can't hoelld this information, goes to ethics issues involving chairman nunes. why didn't he see his first responsibility as his responsibility to the committee. they don't answer to the president. they have an independent investigati...

Like this idea of an independent agency monitoring them on ethics issues. i think leo is right. it wasn't just a jack abramoff issue but in the abramoff we had 21 officials convicted of bribery and charges an the ethics committee sat on the sidelines during the process. it was a big embarrassment to the committee. to underscore leo's point, any inspector the general has to have three things, the ability to compel testimony, independence, independence in terms of when to initie an investigation, refer and other tools like whistle-blowers. the office of congressional ethics doesn't have the most...

Welcome back to "hardball." democrats promised to drain the swamp in congress when they gained control in 2006. now the party faces two ethics trial for veteran house members. is this a problem for the midterm elections? obviously it is. this is a member of the appropriations committee and chairs the congressional urban congress. congressman, thank you for joining us. this is a tricky topic. i don't know anyone who wants to talk about it. least of all who know charlie rangel. nobody likes ethics issues, i don't think. but here's the president, and i know you must have been stunned by this, her...