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To trump, i think, he could get away with probably whatever he wants to do. >> absolutely. i think one of the prevailing themes of a republican controlled congress in the age of trump has been this notion that their hands are somehow tied as if congress does not have a great deal of authority when it comes to oversight. they could subpoena, of course, witnesses and documents that they wanted. they could launch a separate investigation given the president's own attorney, implicating him in a crime. they could push for his tax returns, for ethics violations in the white house and the trump cabin...

I think one of the prevailing themes of a republican controlled congress in the age of trump has been this notion that their hands are somehow tied as if congress does not have a great deal of authority when it comes to oversight. they could subpoena, of course, witnesses and documents that they wanted. they could launch a separate investigation given the president's own attorney, implicating him in a crime. they could push for his tax returns, for ethics violations in the white house and the trump cabinet. the list goes on and on. so i think if republicans retain control of congress, you not ...

Estimated that this quarter gdp growth might be 4.6%, that's back-to-back gdp growth. if the economy is still stupid, it seems to me that donald trump will have a good headwind going into november. >> jessica, i know you've been r been a proponent of impeachment, but -- it has legitimate ethics violations, how the drum family -- >> a legend. >> i'm sorry, allegedly everything i'm about to say. how they are benefiting from their business, these things obviously have to do with how the family businesses work. everyone can read the list and they should come it's compellin compelling. i maintain m...

On the white house lawn. they're in denial about ethics violations. i don't think president trump will ever admit that scott pruitt ever did anything wrong, they just got him out of there because it was beginning to look absurd for the purpose of the midterm elections. he was a joke. >> eric lipton, last question, just about the shape of this agency, the shape of this as scott pruitt leaves. they said during the course of these scandals that they were providing distraction from all the work being done within the epa to change rules, implement new rules, change policies that were in place. i do...

Saw him as a target. i think the white house, while the president, you know, he had a good relationship with the president, the white house staff was sick of all these disruptions coming from pruitt and they wanted him out. kelly in particular wanted him out. ultimately trump conceded that with the midterms coming up, it was not worth keeping pruitt there. >> richard painter, i want to bring you into the conversation. you've been a loud critic of this information when it comes to ethics violations. eric lipton's piece refers to the pruitt scandals as a shorthand for an america gone amok. now t...