trump and a bunch of them got together and funded the trump dossier, the washington free beacon and everyone associated with that. i don t see the crime in gathering evidence, even from for reason sources any more than i did with trump and the alleges on that side. where you get into some serious problems is if you re trying to acquire classified information or if you are encouraging the theft of information or the hacking of systems. those can be charged as a crime. right. but it terms of gathering information, as you know, that s a long standing practice in washington, d.c. sure. but what you really have to look for are people that will may have given false information on investigations. and that s what prosecutor s start with, because those are people that can be easily charged. right. that s how martha sue wart found up in federal prison. thank you.
trump and a bunch of them got together and funded the trump dossier, the washington free beacon and everyone associated with that. i don t see the crime in gathering evidence, even from for reason sources any more than i did with trump and the alleges on that side. where you get into some serious problems is if you re trying to acquire classified information or if you are encouraging the theft of information or the hacking of systems. those can be charged as a crime. right. but it terms of gathering information, as you know, that s a long standing practice in washington, d.c. sure. but what you really have to look for are people that will may have given false information on investigations. and that s what prosecutor s start with, because those are people that can be easily charged. right. that s how martha sue wart found up in federal prison. thank you.
trump and the trump organization say this is just continuation of a long standing practice, and that they have the right as an organization to protect their intellectual property rights. this is a very, very complex legal argument that will take place, frankly with people who know a lot more about the legal system than you or i, max. but it really begs the question, this is going to have to be discussed and it s a very interesting question that is now raised. absolutely. matt in beijing, thank you. u.s. republicans keep pushing their health care bill meanwhile, but the opposition is growing, even within their own party. plus, donald trump s promise to repeal obamacare was a winning strump strategy, but some is trump supporters may possibly be having second thoughts about losing their health insurance.
question, whatever it is, without any delay. reporter: director comey dropped the bombshell despite the justice department and fbi s long standing practice of not commenting publicly on politically sensitive investigations within 60 days of an election. comey explained in a letter to fbi employees why he felt the need to share. i feel an obligation to do so given that i testified repeatedly in reecen t months that our investigation was completed. i also think it would be misleading to the american people, were we not to supplement the record. but that s not the whole story. turns out that same month the fbi was also investigating russia s meddling in the presidential election. intelligence officials were looking at possible ties between russia and donald trump s campaign. but none of that was ever made public in the leadup to election day. only the renewed investigation into clinton s e-mails. there is a very clear and extremely troubling double standard in director comey s
anything. let s listen. trump issued a series of executive orders with great fanfare, though fewer than obama at this point q but they re mostly hot air. reviewing a law, reporting back to him, considering action, or reaffirm some long standing practice. his one order that did something, the temporary travel ban was so poorly phrased that it got stuck in the court system and will have to be redone. there are two aspects of the trump presidency, the freak show, the tweets, fights with anyone who refuses to bow down to him, media judges included and the ceaseless self-promotion, but then there is the savvy business person who named intelligent heavy weights like rex tillerson and james mattis to key positions and who has at times articulated a