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These things on the very face of it, if you look at the history and the purpose of the monuments clause arguably violate that provision and arguably give rise to an impeachment charge against him. any time a foreign government goes to a trump hotel, that's a benefit, a foreign official goes to the trump hotel, that's a benefit that government is providing to donald trump. any time a prosecutor, any time a regulator does anything in any of the business interests. donald trump has 111 businesses across 18 countries abroad. any time a regulator does anything, you heard when he broke the one china...

Bribery. it's part of the constitution. it's essentially a bribery statute on steroids. it says you cannot take any benefit whatsoever from any foreign government, period, end of conversation. right now the chinese government is paying donald trump very, very handsome lease fees for his building in manhattan. the chinese government through the bank of china is also a big financial backer of donald trump's by providing him tons of credit. these things on the very face of it, if you look at the history and the purpose of the monuments clause arguably violate that provision and arguably give rise...

The law on multiple occasions. and i think this is another example. he's the first president since president nixon to not release his taxes. and that has to be a question for people when it comes to the monuments clause and presidents profiting off the office. >> yeah, look, i hear your reservations. we have covered many of these stories, all of them, in fact, that you're talking about, but donald trump won. and this is our democratic system. he won fair and square. >> well, let's back up. the election is -- i can tell, was fair and square. mr. trump disputed that just a few days ago, which is...

Interests in other countries, it's impossible to determine whether the foreign government is giving that business a break, which would be an unconstitutional gift. that's why every president has used blind trust or have sold their assets in order to avoid violating the constitution of the united states and the appearance of a conflict. donald trump is just absolutely wrong on this issue. >> now what you're talking about there in terms of that constitutional prohibition, that's the monuments clause, and it's restrictive to foreign governments. the justification is obvious. you don't want a fore...

Of china which is owned by the -- controlled by the government there. any deals with sovereign wealth funds, these diplomats or staying in trump hotels and the issue of who pays for the increased security that you're going to need to have when you stick the president of the united states' name on the building. we don't have an obama tower all over the world. that doesn't work. >> you know, what i'm hearing from you is you think all of the things you've listed are at first brush colorful arguments for possible violations of the monuments clause just two weeks in. >> well, they could be. and as ...