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Alarmed by the complaint, now circulating on capitol hill and flagged it to a federal judge. they are also discussing whether to make it public. the existence of this whistle-blower complaint was first disclosed in august in court filings by the house ways and means chairman richard neal who wrote that the complaint reveals, quote, potential inappropriate efforts to influence the mandatory audit program. democrats are demanding president trump's tax returns be released in accordance with a law that gives the house ways and means committee chairman access to any tax returns. after this break we...

But the existence of this complaint itself even if investigation ultimately clears whoever allegedly did this shows why congress needs access to these tax returns of the president. and of course we're only in this position because the president didn't release his tax returns. >> yes. and, john, it turns out i think a lot of us thought that it was just a law, that we had written a law that says that president and vice president's tax returns are automatically audited. we didn't. it is just a custom and it was a custom that no president prior to now dared to tamper with. >> like many of the thin...

The president's son-in-law jared kushner passed through a lot of hurdles to get a security clearance. "new york times" says the president ordered it. trump denied he interfered. now the oversight committee wants to see the evidence. elijah cummings wants the white house to send any documents on the decision by monday. the white house argues the committee doesn't have oversight authority to review documents requested. the next step gets serious, could be a congressional subpoena. cnn national security analyst samantha vinograd is with us. good to see you as always. i talked to walter shob ear...

To recuse himself, so the question is, how will he handle what comes next in the russia probe? and will he essentially try to shut it down? jessica schneider, cnn, washington. joining me right now is walter shob, a cnn contributor and former director of the office of government ethics. walter, good to see you. so now the allegations like this have kind of bubbled to the surface, you know, and there is now new scrutiny over his past, what, how might this impact his position as an acting attorney general? might it kind of light the fire under those to nominate someone else? is it too late for ...

Payments made to two women who alleged affairs with trump. what else could he be talking with them about? we don't know. we do know he's worked for trump and his family for decades. he literally started with trump's father as an accountant. walter shob is the former director of the office of government ethics. welcome to prime time. you have been saying there was exposure for the president, that there was more to learn, that we'd have to see how close they got to where the money was. you believe there was a reason the president was shy on disclosure. did you imagine anything like this? >> well...