Bush Ethics Chief: Taxpayer Waste On Trump Will ‘Destroy’ GOP | The Beat With Ari Melber

CONFLICTS IN TRANSITION PERIOD BEFORE HE TOOK OFFICE.
THE QUESTION IS HOW. TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON DAY
4 OF A NEW JERSEY VACATION. AS 200 DAYS AS PRESIDENT HE'S
SPENT 63 OF THEM AT TRUMP PROPERTIES.
48 DAYS AT THE GOLF COURSES. DEMOCRATS ON THE OVERSIGHT HOUSE
COMMITTEE SAY AN INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESEDESERVE KNOW HOW THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE
SPENT INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE BEING
PROVIDED TO THESE PRIVATE BUSINESSES OWNED BY THE
PRESIDENT. THEY LIST SOME EXAMPLES.
PENTAGON RENTING SPACE FROM TRUMP POWER.
A $9,000 BILL FOR ERIC TRUMP'S HOTEL PROMOTION TRIP.
ANOTHER 15,000 TAXPAYER SPENT ON JUST 19 ROOMS AT A HOTEL ROOM IN
CANADA. MARA LARGO THE TAXPAYERS FOOTED
A $3 MILLION BILL FOR VISITS THERE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS LETTER AND THIS CALL FOR AN INVESTIGATION
AND THOSE FIGURES, DO YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS UNSEEMLY
THAT'S A WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS OR DO YOU SEE SOMETHING,
SIR, THAT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL? >> WELL, I SEE CLEARLY A WASTE
OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN SUPPORTING THE SECURITY
OPERATIONS NOT JUST FOR THE PRESIDENT OR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
ARE ENGAGED IN TRUMP FAMILY BUSINESSES AND THAT SHOULD NOT
HAPPEN. THAT'S NOT WHAT TAXPAYERS PAY
THEIR TAXES FOR TO SUPPORT THE TRUMP ORGANIZATIONS BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE. UNCONSTITUTIONAL, PROBABLY NOT
BUT THERE ARE SERIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES BECAUSE OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT MONEY IS COMING INTO THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION AND WE KNOW THAT IT IS THROUGH THE HOTEL ROOMS AND
HOTEL BARROOMS AND THE FINANCING FOR TRUMP PROPERTIES.
THAT'S CONSTITUTIONALLY
IMPERMISSIBLE. >> I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
YOU'RE KNOWN AS A CRITIC OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ALTHOUGH I
KNOW YOU SEE IT AS A REPUBLICAN FROM THE NON-PARTISAN PLACE.
YOU'RE SAYING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MONEY COMING FROM THE
TAXPAYERS OF THE UNITED STATES AND INTO TRUMP CORPORATIONS
ITSELF THAT FLOW IS PROBABLY NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL BUT YOU'RE

CONSTITUTION ABOUT BRIBERY THAT COULD BE.
THE MONEY THAT COULD COME FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS INTO THE
SAME TRUMP PROPERTIES. EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT
PART TWO. >> THAT CLAUSE IS THERE TO
PREVENT ANYTHING THAT COULD COME CLOSE TO BRIBERY.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CRIMINAL
BRIBERY. THERE ARE LARGE LOANS AND MAY BE
OTHERS FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. THE PRESIDENT WON'T DISCLOSE
THOSE FACTS AND GETS NERVOUS WHEN ANOTHER BOB MUELLER GETS
NEAR FINANCING OPERATIONS OF THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION EVEN THOUGH
BOB MUELLER IS LOOKING AT RUSSIA.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE BECAUSE THE FOUNDERS
CONTEMPLATED THIS PROBLEM AND MADE IT VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT
PEOPLE HOLDING POSITIONS OF TRUST IN THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT CANNOT BE MAKING PROFITS WITH DEALING WITH
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. BACK TO THE WASTE OF TAXPAYER
MONEY, NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL BUT I'M A PARTISAN REPUBLICAN.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO DESTROY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO HAVE
THIS TYPE OF WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY.
WE PAY THE TAXES. WE'RE TIRED OF HIGH TAX AND
WE'RE NOT PAYING TAXES TO SUPPORT THE TRUMP FAMILY.
THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. >> WHEN HE SAYS THIS IS A
WORKING VACATION, DO YOU THINK HE MEANS DOING WORK AS PRESIDENT
OR WORKING ON BEHALF OF PROMOTING THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION? >> PROMOTING THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION. I THINK HE NEEDS A VACATION.
HE NEEDS A VACATION FROM TWITTER.
HE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE TAKING ENOUGH VACATION FROM TWITTER.
HE NEEDS TO CALM DOWN AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE
FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION AND FOCUS ON POLICY.
THERE'S RAY OF HOPE HERE AND HIS LAWYERS HAVE REACHED OUT TO BOB
MUELLER MAYBE IN A CONCILIATORY TONE.
MAYBE WE CAN GET BACK TO A SITUATION WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS
FOCUSING ON POLICY. THE WHITE HOUSE DOES WHAT WE DID
IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. >> WE'RE OUT OF TIME BUT YOU
JUST SAID SOMETHING SO INTERESTING.
IN THE EARLIER PART OF THE SHOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT
THAT THE PRESIDENT DOES HAVE A HISTORY OF WHAT SOME VIEWED AN
INAPPROPRIATE CONTACTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
YOU'RE SAYING THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING POSITIVE IN THE
MUELLER STORY TODAY. WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> HIS LAWYERS ARE REACHING OUT TO MUELLER AND TRYING TO BE
SOMEWHAT CONCILIATORY TO BOB MUELLER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DETAILS ARE THERE.
IF THE PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TEAM WANTS TO TRY AND TAMP THINGS
DOWN A BIT AND HELP THEY CAN ENCOURAGE THEIR CLIENT TO STOP
TALKING ABOUT THE

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