ghou . welcome back to the lead. sticking with politics. in 31 days donald trump will be sworn in as our nation s 45th president. dan balls, chief correspondent for the washington post joins me. heidi pr heidi prez bla and anna from politico. thank you for being here. this is former house speaker newt gingrich talking to diane rehm about possible ethics concerns donald trump may face in the white house. in the case of the president, he has broad ability to organize the white house the way he wants to. he has frankly also the power of the pardon. it s a totally open power, he could simply say, look, i want them to be my advisers. i pardon them if anybody finds them to have behaved against the rules, period. technically under the constitution he has that level of authority.