the same time, i know it s really hard. well, it is, mika, as you know, but i m happy to be back, and, you know, feeling better. a little better every day, and i had a great conversation with joe yesterday as a matter of fact. we discussed a certain little college football game that was played the other day. oh, good. between a certain two schools in which a certain school, the right school, university of michigan, won. oh. gene s really baaing. he s really back. i am back. he s back. and we are love you, gene. so blessed, absolutely. so let s begin this morning with the new report from house democrat that alleges the first two years of donald trump s presidency, his family business received $7.8 million from foreign governments. democrats on the republican-led house oversight committee
at least 7.8 million bucks according aeport from democrats and the house oversight committee which they titled white house for sale. the report says 20 foreign governments made payments to trump businesses during a two-year period with five and a half million coming from china alone. the money went to trump hotels and d.c., vegas, and new york. here is one big problem. aside from the optics, it s a little thing in the constitution called the clause that clearly forbids presidents from receiving any gift or benefit from a foreign power, unless they get permission from congress. the democratic congressman, jamie raskin, had this to say about the report. only donald trump has pocketed this astonishing some of the republicans have not been able to find one thing wrong with this report. they basically accepted the facts. the four-time indicted former president is looking ahead to the iowa caucuses that are just 11 days from now, the current
any actions he took as president? well, we don t know, erin. i want to be clear that the $5.5 that was discovered is a very conservative estimate. i know in your opening you talked about this is an investigation that started seven years ago. while it started seven years ago, trump was fighting it every step of the way. he was fighting every single type of disclosure. he wasn t complying with the oversight committee, and fighting in court. it wasn t until september of 22, that we actually started receiving documents. as soon as january 23 hit and comber became chair, comber shut it down. what you did find, congresswoman, was 20 countries, according to the report paid a total of $7.8 million to trump s
unbroken line of presidents accepting that and always coming to congress to say we received some trinkets, we ve received a statue, we ve received a painting, whatever it was, and then it s up to congress to decide what to do with it. only donald trump has arrogated to himself the decision of whether or not he can keep the money and then he will dane to give us back what he calls the profits. it s an outrage. it s absurd. he has to give the entire $7.8 million back to the american people. congressman jamie raskin, we appreciate your time. thank you for being with us. you bet. coming up, now out of prison after she pleaded guilty to helping her boyfriend kill her own mother who was abusive. gypsy rose blanchard sits down with cnn. what she says she would say to her mother today if she were still alive.
i do think that the drone strike in baghdad going after a specific leader was a level we hadn t seen this administration go before. i do want to ask you, a new report from democrats in the house said 24 governments paid $7.8 million to trump entities. it s one of the things everybody was trying to figure out during his presidency is, the influence and people staying hotels or businesses. does that concern you given the influence operations that countries run? first of all, back to the other comment you made, i do agree i think the biden administration s attack on the militia leader in baghdad was significant. i think it was good. i was surprised they did it within baghdad. there are a number of factors at play that we were always concerned about getting forces kicked out of iraq. there s a few reasons why we need to be there. but on the second thing, i m seeing stories popped up. you always the to be concerned about foreign influence. i know china was cited. but arguably, trump too