Page 6 - Ethics Question News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Right, jonathan lemire? >> yes, john heilemann. [ laughter ] >> it would have been great if he said no, you're wrong, you're a moron. >> everything's tool, airtight, no problem. >> what we saw yesterday is hope hicks, the president's -- one of his longest serving aides and one of his closest advisers leave the white house. in a nice moment. the president brought her outside the oval office, there was a hand shake, a kiss on the cheek, hicks has always shied away from publicity, had a moment in the spotlight and a nice good-bye. that's the exception rather than the rule when it comes to white h...

Is accused of is worse. as we go down the road on the issue people are asking questions and wonder about how do you even out the consequences? if politics there haven't been as many consequences 37 as franken pointed out moore and trump hanging around politics. >> they're pretty harsh and swift. >> in the private sector yes. >> kirstin let me ask you this, then. because listen there should be a universal standard. are they all the same? is it all. >> they're not all the same but they don't need to be the same. so the idea. >> they suffer the same consequences. >> well, look, the question is wh...

Aside high pressure i think the republican party should have disowned opheim they haven't. when roy moore gets to washington which is not a foregone conclusion is going to face a ethics inquiry. the difference is franken succumbed to political pressure. if a thousand people asked roy to resign would ever do that. the only way to get mor moore out of the senate is to go through the ethics committee process and move to expulsion. >> but there is truth so what he says. most people agree to that whether they think the president should resign or own up to it or roy moore should continue to run. mos...

Rules for one and person not the other. and are people getting uneven punishments? how do you compare what franken is accused of versus roy moore -- i happen to think what roy moore has been accused of is far worse. as we go down the road on the issue people are going to start to ask questions and wonder about how do you even out the consequences? in politics there haven't been as many consequences. as franken pointed out, roy moore and trump hanging around politics. he's not. in the private sector things are happening a lot more quickly. >> they're pretty harsh and swift. >> in the private se...

What's your reaction to al franken calling out president trump and roy moore for their alleged indiscretions? >> clearly he feels like he is punished beyond what other people have been. i agree with him about roy moore. i think roy moore should have stepped aside. i think the republican party should have disowned him. they haven't done that. and i think when roy moore if he gets to washington which is not a foregone conclusion-s going to face a senate ethics inquiry just like al franken was. the difference of course is franken succumbed to political pressure. i don't think roy moore if 1,000 p...