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We have incredible conference rooms, incredible restaurants. it's like -- it's like such a natural. each country can have their own villa or their own bungalow. >> anyway, a source tells cnn that doral wasn't even on the list of venues because of ethical concerns. mulvaney nyesterday said it was the president who suggested it. just before air time, i spoke with congressman steve cohen about what democrats plan to do. congressman cohen, is this anything other than the president awarding a huge federal contract to himself? i mean does anyone really believe that, you know, this resort, that doral...

Resort in florida, it would be hosting the g 7, the white house opening up the president to more hearings, potential legal problems, raising questions, the emolumens violations, but they say it is nothing wrong with this. they are surveilling so many across the country. how problematic is this for the white house to host a g 7 at a trump property. >> it is quite problematic, everything about it is wrong. the problem is using the governmental position. i think the president is trying to normalize the self dealing. it is a natural thing to be doing. but it violates the constitution. it is not th...

>> yeah, i mean you would -- it would be obviously self-dealing. and, you know, there is just so many places where you'd rather be in june and other facilities that could accommodate in type of event in a better way. but just to -- the first thing you learn even i would think as a small-time alderman in a small town is is to avoid the appearance of imprepriet. this man has no shame, no shame whatsoever. >> it's a great point you raise about florida during the summer, not the high tourist time at a resort like this. the cooper family has reunions in a state park in mississippi in summer. i can ...

So the white house announcing that president trump will host the 2020 g-7 summit at his doral resort in miami. is the president using his office for his own personal financial gain? i want to discuss now with richard painter and dana johnson. gentlemen, thank you. so good to have you on. the president is not supposed to talk about the presidency. it's actually written into the constitution. but choosing his own resort for a major national conference it's a brazen act of self-dealing. how does he keep getting away with this stuff? >> he gets away with this because the united states government w...

His resort in miami. is the president using office for personal financial gain? i want to discuss with the former white house ethics lawyer and the author of it's even worse than you think. what the trump administration is doing to america. gentlemen, thank you. good to have you both. the president is not supposed to profit off the presidency. it's written into the constitution. but choosing his own resort for a major international conference. it's a brazen act of self-dealing. how does he keep getting away with it? >> because the united states congress wants to let him. it's about time they c...