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Staff, installing a private phone in his office. using secret service to pick up lunch and dry cleaning. spending taxpayer money on trips to italy, morocco, disneyland, the rose bowl, and multiple trips to his home in oklahoma. so let's start there with two cnn political commentators. par is denard, member of the trump advisory board. peter binard, contributing editor for "the atlantic." happy independence day. and parris, with your red, white, and blue, let's begin with you. on scott pruitt, the fact that according to reports that he felt confident enough to go to the president and say, fire ...

Interesting situation because on face vaushlgs pruitt is doing a good job when it comes to carrying out the agenda that the president wants him to do when it comes to his role. the other things are becoming a distraction. >> hang on -- >> yeah? >> the fact that he is still in good graces with the president is good news for pruitt. but what about ethics violations, is that flying out the window, doesn't matter? >> no. i think at a certain degree if the ethics violations are shown to be true and they can corroborate them and the proper channels punish him or take care of the issues, if it become...

What he said to george stephanopoulos at abc. should the white house be worried? >> the white house should not be worried about michael cone. they should be focused on what they should be focused on which is running the country and letting the courts decide other thanks a things that are happening. michael cohen i think is listening to the advise of counsel, and he may not be the attorney for the president anywhere. it may be wholly appropriate for him to do that as the pending investigation or case against him may involve his past roles it might be smart to separate himself completely so ther...

Donald trump or his campaign work i working with russia to do things to ensure they they won the election. that's unproven. that's why the president says emphatically that there was no collusion. >> peter, you get the last word. >> the mueller investigation is not over. so we don't know all the things he's found. wolverine th we know that there were meetings with people close to the russian government and trump'sest advisers where they -- trump's closest advisers where they welcomed information against hillary clinton. what the mueller investigation will find ultimately. i think ultimately pol...

Him, writing ben carson was speaking in general terms as to what he would do if confronted with a gunman. and was not criticizing the victims. not fair. a different approach for trump who often uses the platform to poke his rivals. now trump and carson have been holding their fire against one another in recent days. trump even said recently that he'd tap carson for a cabinet position if he wins. jake. >> athena jones in waterloo, thank you so much. let's talk about all of this with cnn political commentator and contributing editor for the atlantic peter binard and ana navarro. thanks to both f...