joining me on set is cnn a's legal contributor, paul cal lan. paid or unpaid, you would assume that any government office would require a background check. >> i wouldn't assume anything about the government, ashleigh. they're pretty lax in a lot of respects, and you know, i think the menendez people are ultimately going to say, hey, this is a volunteer. this is a volunteer intern. we don't -- it's not employee. >> you you don't have to be

joining me on set is cnn a's legal contributor, paul cal lan.overnment office would require a background check. >> i wouldn't assume anything about the government, ashleigh. they're pretty lax in a lot of respects, and you know, i think the menendez people are ultimately going to say, hey, this is a volunteer. this is a volunteer intern. we don't -- it's not employee. >> you you don't have to be paid? you can't volunteer. you have to be part of paid program. >> i'm looking at athe statutes in this area, and it's clear that federal law requires you to confirm that somebody has the right to work in this country when they're an employee. i don't see anything that says an intern or a volunteer is an employee. so i think if somebody walks into your office and says, hey, i'd like to volunteer and see what it's like for me to be working in a law firm, i don't think i have to run a background economic. >> we have talked about juvenile offenders before, and apparently this allegation of a sex offense was born of a juvenile action, okay? some of the repor