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That federal employees, in order to curry favor with donald trump, have to spend money at his hotel? >> it seems so. >> we know that's going on right now, so one of the concerns when there is no impeachment is that the message is that this is okay. so to this point, $2 million, that's how much the federal government and republican campaigns have spent at trump properties since he became president. $2 million. >> so if you have, richard painter, donald trump essentially committing open emoluments clause violations, this would be foreign governments paying the president and his family directly f...

Committee. barbara, we knew basically what was in that voice mail. we had a transcript, an abbreviated and a full transcript. listening to it, what does that sound like to you? >> yeah, you know i think it is far more compelling to be able to listen to a recording like that than to just read the dry words on a page. you can hear tone and inflection. i hear two things in there that suggest it is part of a pattern of obstruction of justice. this is recurring after michael flynn's lawyers say he is drawing from the joint defense agreement. and he says if you're cooperating we're going to need a h...

I don't stay home ten times in six weeks. the t-mobile executives were all listed on the hotel's vip arrivals list, which was distributed to trump hotel staff, and while all those executives were there, you better believe they were making sure they were visible, walking around literally wearing bright neon clothing that had the t-mobile logo on it. greeting people. being noticed. having their pictures taken there ostentatiously. david farenthold found that t-mobile executives booked dozens of nights at the trump hotel once their merger need trump administration approval. look, to be fair, mayb...

African-american accountants. i went way back. it must be something that he picked up during his business times and his dealings in new york, but it is not acceptable while he sits in the oval office. >> do you think it was currying favor with people who are bigots? this whole thing about president obama not being american born, did he ever really think that? where did he get that idea from? >> he picks up on these conspiracy theories and he runs with them. that one, he wouldn't release that particular one until we forced him to do so during the campaign when he made that full announcement. we...

But the american people have a right to know what this report says and we're going to make sure they do. >> what do you think bill barr means when he says he wants to be as transparent as possible? >> as possible. you know, during mr. barr's confirmation hearing, first of all, remember, he auditioned for this job by doing a 20-page memo arguing very expansive executive power. very unusual as a private citizen to be kind of currying favor with the appointing president. but he did that. when he was confirmed, he said he would not recuse himself even if the ethics officials suggested he should. h...