interest. that means you have a financial president trump is from queens. interest or family relationship. i was trying to put it in terms you just can t be objective in he might get. that situation and it s maybe that s what helps him automatic recusal. learn foreign policy. if this is the way people talk there s another area that s more and people get their feelings discretionary. the standard is whether a out. it s not the way great nations reasonable person would question make decisions. your objectivity base ed on this that s the difference. this is where the serious you would done or said. that s the category that matt meets with the absurd. whittaker finds himself in. speak to both. although they have suggested no, the serious is everything the general said about the logical you should recuse yourself, he s gone ahead and stayed in it. process. the absurd is we all cover it as the question is is the government interested having you reporters the fact that mick work on this gre
trump on immigrants seeking asiem, wi asyl assu asylum. then privately amid all this assume, will be appointed for shutting down the investigation. donald trump reportedly in a this is a white house that is quote, tail spin. under siege. that is where we are on what is, it s a white house that is paranoid about the mueller investigation. yes, literally the shortest, i think the country ought to know what the ethics lawyers perhaps darkest day of the year. have to say about this. it underscores how essential it will be that every action that with all of thoo at as a backdr he takes that has any bearing on general clark, your job for much the russia investigation will be of your time in public service was to be that kind of exposed to the public. in a moment i ll be joined by individual to presidents a former legal ethics advivisero regardless of the party and ideology where you would be an the doj who worked on these honest broker and carry out their orders to the best of your cas
ethics attorney. first of all, thanks to both you have for joining me on a busy he did the right thing and left. friday night. thank you. great. what does it mean when the doj he deserves to have someone who shares his views. reportedly did advise whittaker the problem is what s his views to step aside and what happens now if he doesn t? and why. there s no logic to pulling the that would be extraordinary troops out and undercutting our that he would not heed the allies and cozying up to our advice of the ethics attorneys. adversaries. what are his views and what to his credit, he sought is the foundation? guidance which you should do the factual, military predicate when the office is set up to give that guidance. for those views? there s a lot of people in the so called resistance. he really disregards that guidance at his own peril. they don t like trump who also are fairly receptive to should he later face judicial responsible ways to drawing down sanctions or bar discipline
like the cliff hanger finale of season 2 of this trump presidency but the stakes are higher than any narrative. let s go through it. lawmakers trying to avoid this trump inflicted shutdown. defense reeling after the defense secretary laid out concerns in public about china and russia. thousands of troops ordered by tweet to leave the battlefield. new in the mueller probe adversaries like slad pictuvlam tonight, democrats now saying they will take action on the threats to his independence. promising to escalate oversight looks gleeful. back home new reports trump when they come into the house. already turning on his brand new that s next month. acting a.g. matt whittaker has chief of staff. now, according to the post, ignored the advice of ethics officials and cleared himself with his aides to supervise the mueller probe. anybody that the president the mueller probe has all the will appoint at this point, i troe controversy. the supreme court ruling against
that he takes time to learn the case. he himself acknowledges he doesn t know much about it. let s talk about matt whittaker who is the acting ag now. there was an ethics review. he would trash the mueller investigation. the ethics team said that it s okay. he doesn t have to recuse himself. adam schiff, house democrat, is saying ethics opinion needs to be shared openly with congress. what s your opinion? i d like to see it too. there are times when you must recuse yourself and i presume that s what the ethics officials are telling him. i assume that s what they are telling him. there could be in that opinion listen, we think maybe it would be a good idea for you to do so but we re not requiring that you do so. they may say it s not mandatory but it s advisable or it s not mandatory, we ll leave it up to you. what s the process to see