A recap of the days news. A recap of the days news. A recap of the days news. Through the Revolving Door down here, theres a word that became a word i never heard of until this presidency when people were sort of struggling with how to describe this government of sort of fringe characters, people with resumes that did not usually enter into government service. And that word is chacistocracy. It points in this presidency, its been an apt way to describe it. To paraphrase donald trump, theyre not sending their best. And i think the evidence that you its not a partisan point, you laid out the evidence there of an administration that is just filled with people who have either crossed ethical
lines or challenged norms that we have all upheld for decades in this country. And all being led by the president at the top who sets that tone. Lets talk more about the swamp here, Rudy Giuliani says they have responded to muellers latest proposal regarding an interview. These allegations should be ov
This country what it is. Im proud of you and your family. Dont ever forget where you came from, boy. Yes, maam, absolutely right. Amen to that. Thank you, chris. See you soon. This is cnn tonight, im don lemon, Chris Collins of new york stands indicted in an alleged Insider Trading scheme. Accused of multiple counts of fraud. It is rare for prosecutors to indict a sitting elected official, particularly in an election year. The u. S. Attorney in new york says that collins acted as if laws, well, they didnt apply to him. Donald trump has accomplished in this primary, is unprecedented. Donald trump is absolutely brilliant, and Donald Trumps a
swamp of washington, were going to have fun doing it, were all doing it together. When it comes to washington, d. C. , it is time to drain the swamp. Not only has that swamp not been drained, this administration is building all over it i know that Chris Collins is a congressman and a trump supporter, hes not a member of this administration, trump tol
worst-case scenario of a smoke-filled room full of rich guys making decisions and pulling strings like puppet masters. and the worst part is, if it wasn t for isaac s work here, e we wouldn t even know about it. and this is precisely the thing that there are lows to prevent. there s a federal advisory committee act that requires you to follow very strict spread year procedures for transparency when you re seeking information from outside groups and the antithesis of following that law is having a smoke-filled room with some cabal of rich guys sitting around a resort in florida making decisions that going to affect veterans and essentially running a 370,000-person agency. the other thing is by counting on these private individuals to do this, you re essentially running the government through people who are not subject to the government ethics laws. yeah. there was actually some olc,
office of legal counsel, government justice, if you re wielding government power you can be deemed governmental and subjected to those laws. now, i haven t seen anyone actually prosecuted under that but, boy, i would love to see that with these guys. well, isaac, let me ask you, do you get any indication after owl your reporting that the three men are standing down or pulling back? no. we ll have to see how they respond to this article and now that the house democrats on the veterans committee are starting an investigation and one of the members is callinging if a hearing on this. we ll see how that goes and we have to see, there s it s ce true in the time since shulkin was fired, their involvement has increased. has not decreased. so, i heard you say, you know, that you would like to see a certain law, rule, tested, walter, but in the past,
the other thing is by counting on these private individuals to do this, you re essentially running the government through people who are not subject to the government ethics laws. yeah. there was actually some olc, office of legal counsel, government justice, if you re wielding government power you can be deemed governmental and subjected to those laws. now, i haven t seen anyone actually prosecuted under that but, boy, i would love to see that with these guys. well, isaac, let me ask you, do you get any indication after owl your reporting that the three men are standing down or pulling back? no. we ll have to see how they respond to this article and now that the house democrats on the veterans committee are starting an investigation and one of the members is calling for a hearing on this. we ll see how that goes and we