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I think that's what rex tillerson found last year. it's been 15 months under the republican secretary of state. they're realizing this is a bureaucratic issue, not a political issue. >> a bureaucratic issue, that it's going to take 45-65 years? i would say that's bureaucratic paralysis. >> well, that's your government unfortunately. it's possible that our federal government is large and slow and inept, but not necessarily evil. you know, the problem is also the reason that david had to take his stuff to court is because if you send something now, if you send in a foia request, you're number 11...

Whole process is. >> it's inexcusablebly bad. no company would tell you that. >> someone has to read every single page. if i read tammy and said, do you want to get lunch, she said, sure, call me on my cell, someone has to sit there and black that out. >> depends if you have the staff to do it, like the government. >> it's amazing they can't do a search and find this stuff. >> you want them to drop a judicial watch request from two months earlier than this? this is all whack-a-mole. >> have a good weekend.

On an indian reservation. so, you know, there are all kinds of different interests who would want a little bit of influence, little bit of access, little bit of favor from someone with that sort of authority over such a wide swath of government policy. >> there is no prohibition of this in congress. it is a pay to play, you may not like it but it does actually happen. are there different rules in the executive branch in the white house? >> well, in terms of lobbying reporting, you know, very often -- well, the short answer is no. >> right. >> these same interests lobbying mick mulvaney can lob...

In washington. if you give money to a member of congress they'll be more likely to meet with you. at the very least they'll know who you are because campaigns keep track of who is giving them funds. that makes it more likely you'll earn a sit-down with a high-ranking official. in one sense he was just sort of tell people -- >> saying what we already think. >> the way things work. >> the problem is he works for a boss who very, very, very specifically talked about this sort of thing when he was running for president. donald trump said this is how it used to work and this is how it's not going t...

During the transition, president-elect donald trump promised he would donate all hotel profits from foreign entities. david fahrenthold is back on the money trail. he has filed a foia request. you can guess how much the trump organization donated. i'm guessing $27,000. we will see how much was donated and how this promise holds up. >> he is going to voluntarily donate all profits from foreign government payments made to his hotels to the united states treasury.