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>> can you release that publicly? >> the normal rule is it's public. i would not be surprised to hear that donald trump wants it to be confidential. i would expect he'll resist that. >> who decides all this? >> the judge will decide. >> he's federal judge? >> he's a federal judge. >> what is your sense? you're an experienced attorney. where is this heading? >> i think the judge sent a loud, clear message to president trump the other day. the message you're not above the law. you have to abide by the law. you have to abide by the constitution. >> you think the president could divest at this poi...

Advisor. but he will be paid by the trump organization so journalists criticized that. trish: they will continue criticizing. but if he said okay, donald trump is going to sell his business. it's not the same as saying i have a stock portfolio where there is a liquid market and you can sell all your shares and get the market value for it. if he divests and sells that business it would take years, it would and massive distraction from anything we wanted him doing in the presidency, and you run another risk. what if the chinese said we are going to buy that building from him and maybe we think i...

Advisor. but he will be paid by the trump organization so journalists criticized that. trish: they will continue criticizing. but if he said okay, donald trump is going to sell his business. it's not the same as saying i have a stock portfolio where there is a liquid market and you can sell all your shares and get the market value for it. if he divests and business it would take years, it would and massive distraction from anything we wanted him doing in the presidency, and you run another risk. what if the chinese said we are going to buy that building from him and maybe we think it's worth $...

Interest. he's always been concerned about the letter of the law. so doing the right thing, as you and i might imagine it, which would involve limiting the amount of problems and potential conflicts, isn't in his mind. he's going to do what's legal. and he's going to do what he thinks is best for him. eventually, maybe, the weight of the presidency will move him to behave differently, but for now, he's true to form. >> and there's no reason still to believe, michael, that he will divest ownership of the business? >> no, i don't expect that he will. i don't think that he has ever played by the ...

With you know, if he has the good of the country in mind. but on the other hand, if he divests, who he actually sells to, that could be a thorny issue, as well. if he's selling to saudi arabia, or some other entity. >> yeah. i think it's a huge practical problem. people talk about, well, the president -- you know, president-elect trump ought to just sell everything. well, it's not like waving a magic wand. i mean, he has a great assortment of properties. you know, he's got a slightly used golf course in scotland that he just opened last year. and he's got a brand-new hotel here in washington, ...