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President having a personal interest at stake. so, this is part of the regular discovery process. again, this is written right into our constitution. the president had an opportunity to essentially divest himself of his ownership interests. he chose not to. and now it's perfectly appropriate for congress to determine whether there is a constitutional violation. >> yeah, it's the emoluments clause, article i, section ix, clause viii says that no president should accept any emolument, present of any kind from any king, prince or foreign state. that's what you're referring to. let's turn to the l...

Both categories are in his constitutional purview. now, this is vice chairman of the appropriations committee. don't be surprised if i disagree. congress has the power of the purse, article i, section ix. i believe it's one of the most foundational checks and balances on the executive branch. do you believe the president can ignore congress's appropriations allocations conditions, just ignore them and take -- >> not as a general proposition. but that was a -- i thought that was a good law review article. i gave it as a speech and it was a thought piece. what i was really saying was -- and i sa...

Kushner we learned were present. u.s. media were not permitted to attend the meeting. all of this mixing of official and personal business less than two weeks into trump's transition led the very conservative "wall street journal" editorial page to take the extraordinary step of calling on president-elect to limit his stake in the trump organization. of course, that decision is entirely up to trump himself. we rely almost exclusively on president norms. there's one aspect of this that falls under federal law. specifically, a document called the u.s. constitution. according to article 1, sectio...

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Conservative "wall street journal" editorial page to take the extraordinary step of calling on president-elect to limit his stake in the trump organization. of course, that decision is entirely up to trump himself. we rely almost exclusively on president norms. there's one aspect of this that falls under federal law. specifically, a document called the u.s. constitution. according to article 1, section ix, clause viii, "no person holding any office or profit or trust under them shall without the consent of congress, accept of any present from foreign of state." put simply, no gifts from foreig...