and its possible conflicts of interest. note the artwork there. also with us richard painter chief ethics lawyer for the george w. bush administration and vice chairman for citizens for responsibilitycs in washington. they have already come to be known as c.r.e.w. for short. the two lawsuits, this is something in the wind about them, do they stand a chance? what happens now? >> the first hurdle they have the clear is that the department of justice has already filed a motion to dismiss the first emoluments case. i should say these are cases brought under the emoluments clause of the constitution. basically, so, on friday the d.o.j. filed their motion to dismiss. so now a judge is going to have to decide on a couple of issues, whether the people who are seeing basically have the right to sue the president over this issue. >> there is a devastating quote early on in your piece about the president, i think i have this exactly right, his inveterate huxturism may be the -- >> i think what you mean what may be the chief offense as seen by his critics and investigators is the business side of things. >> insofar as people speculate there is a relationship between him and russia and other fo

in a statement, citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington said -- "the american people not only deserve to know how their government is making important decisions, it's the law." a new lawsuit filed by the american civil liberties union charges police in washington, d.c., used sexual abuse as a form of punishment after hundreds were arrested during protests against donald trump's inauguration on january 20. a complaint by four plaintiffs charges officers stripped them, grabbed their genitalia, and inserted fingers into their anuses while other officers laughed. one of the plaintiffs, photojournalist shay horse, said -- "i felt like they were using molestation and rape as punishment. they used those tactics to inflict pain and misery on people who are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty." in a statement, d.c.'s metropolitan police department promised an investigation but defended its officers' actions, saying all arrests on january 20 were proper. in yemen, the united nations warned thursday an epidemic of cholerera could reach 300,000 cases by the end of the month.

$270,000 in the hotel and hosted the president for his first foreign visit as have the president now, this lawsuit follows a previous suit by the citizens for responsibility and ethicsuit is joined by hundreds of restaurants and competing hotels they claim that trump's hotel has an unfair advantage, and that the president is using his office for personal gain now, the justice department friday issued a 70-page defense saying previous presidents sold golds to foreign governments journal washington, for example, sold corn meal, and jefferson sold tobacco overseas, and obama received book royalties from overseas libraries the president said he would donate all foreign profits from the hotel to charity, but the hotel has not disclosed financials or information about those charity gifts, guys? >> so, robert, my question, the justice department weighed in on this, so sticking with the point, what further action can they now take if justice says there's no problem >> well, the issue is is there a basis for either of these suits? so justice sought to have the first suit totally closed out, and basically said, look, this shouldn't go forward at all. the question for both sui

it could help bannon skirt ethics compliance results comply for the citizens of responsibility and ethicsment. and literally lobbyists for industries who can now talk to those former industries. what could be wrong with that? >> well, you know, to be fair, every single administration issues ethics waivers when it comes to members of their circle in the executive branch, because people's work sometimes comes in conflict with their new jobs in the white house. >> sure. >> but this trump administration has issued more waivers in four months than the obama administration issued in eight years. and i think that should set off some alarm bells. it seems to me as though you often hear donald trump is playing chess, multidimensional chess. but really it seems like he is playing hungry, hungry hippos, just kind of grabbing anything that he can and making it so that people who are in positions to grab things can do the same. >> ana marie, "the new york times" interviewed the former oge director walter shaub and he said there is no such thing as a retroactive waiver. if you need a retroactive waiver