properties. vice president pence said no one told him to do that, he just thought it was a good idea. but that is one part of the house investigation and now this is another. this will be part of the question of whether the president is violating the emoluments clause against self-enrichment in office. it shows how the probe moves forward in the house, jewel yarks that they re not getting the answers that they want. house stonewalled probe of military sleepovers at trump resorts. the defense department not getting the documents, what are the steps that could be taken in the probe here if the defense department, if the pentagon says we re not going to give you that information? i think the house oversite committee investigating these issues of conflicts of interest with president trump. and the businesses have been
things like this? reporter: no. presidents separate their finances from the conduct of their office generally speaking. i mean, obviously we ve had presidents who engaged in corruption before, but this is a president who explicitly did not sever ties with his business and he s announced that he wants the g7, a huge international gathering right. to come to his golf club in the state of florida. so he is overtly trying to generate revenue for his properties from the conduct of his office. it s unprecedented. i m curious though specific to this situation we re talking about, tessa, how does this work in the pentagon? who has to approve these jet fuel purchases that are more expensive here at this private air facility than it would be at a military airbase? who has to approve the military sleepovers or does any direction of that come from the president? well, i think that s been one of the questions that we ve seen in this and in other situations similar is how overtly presi
of having the same debate over and over. as a retired what the house oversite is looking into. that is specifically, cooperation from the pentagon potentially in its probe of military sleepovers at a donald trump golf resort in scotland what s your response to that? this is a bigger deal than people realize. we have to see what documentation the house committee is able to get. if you ve ever been in the military you know your expenses are scrutinized. you have to stay above a certain per diem. anyone who took this trip on uncle sam s dime, you know you are held accountable. the appearance that flights were
that s something house democrats have to grapple with when they come back to washington. it looks like they re not getting much help. the house saying they ve been stonewalled. the pent gagon is not looking io these military sleepovers. elijah cummings saying the committee does not believe the u.s. taxpayer s fund should be used to personally enrich, president trump, his family and company. if you are saying the company lost $4 million one year, gained $3 million the next year, and you re hearing stories about free rooms, free rounds of golf, seems like something fishy is happening here. liz, he brought it up again at g7, suggesting, just suggesting, the president, it might be nice to have the next meeting and invite vladimir putin, called it g8, and have it at his property. sure. let s be real. it has nothing to do with profit. he wanted to do it because it s a fantastic place for people.