and finally richard painter who is here with us in real time, a familiar figure here on this committee who is a former chief white house ethics lawyer under the bush administration. and current law professor at the university of minnesota. if we could ask all of our witnesses to be unmuted and raise your right hands. if you would rise, mr. painter, and raise your right hand. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god?

richard painter joining us tonight from minneapolis mr painter as always it's good to see you we appreciateyour insights tonight thank you thank you very much thank you. it is an old conflict that is boiling over a new forces from our media and eyes are by john have clashed over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh both sides are using heavy artillery and they reported casualties each accuses the other of starting this fight and the area in question is internationally recognized as part of by john but it has been controlled by ethnic armenians since a war in the early 1990 s. a war which killed tens of thousands of people russia germany and the united states of all called for an immediate cease fire. young ones to go to war on sunday he signed up as a volunteer in the median capital yerevan yes i'm 66 years old and ready to fight for my father. like many has been left shocked by the weekend's clashes. ministry of defense says bees that you sure as a by johnny london vision of the nagorno-karabakh. 3 enemy tanks and 2 helicopters were destroyed. our media has declared a state of war. troo

richard painter for joining us tonight from minneapolis mr painter as always it's good to see you weappreciate your insights tonight thank you thank you very much that. it is an old conflict that is boiling over a new forces from our media and either by john have clashed over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh both sides are using heavy artillery and they reported casualties in each accuses the other of starting this fight and the area in question is internationally recognized as part of a by john but it has been controlled by ethnic armenian since a war in the early 99 is a war which killed tens of thousands of people russia germany and the united states of all called for an immediate cease fire. young ones to go to war on sunday he signed up as a volunteer in the median capital. i'm 66 years old and ready to fight for my father. he like many has been left shocked by the weekend's clashes. and ministry of defense says. as a by johnny london vision of the now gone. 3 enemy tanks and 2 helicopters were destroyed. our media has declared a state of war. troops. laid out of the brin

richard painter joining us tonight from minneapolis mr painter as always it's good to see you we appreciateyour insights tonight thank you thank you very much thank you. it is an old conflict that is boiling over a new forces from armenia and azerbaijan have clashed over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh both sides are using heavy artillery and they reported casualties each accuses the other of starting this fight and the area in question is internationally recognized as part of by john but it has been controlled by ethnic armenians since a war in the early 1990 s. a war which killed tens of thousands of people russia germany and the united states of all called for an immediate cease fire. young ones to go to war on sunday he signed up as a volunteer in the median capital. i'm 66 years old and ready to fight for my father. he like many has been left shocked by the weekend's clashes. in ministry of defense says bees that you sure as a by johnny london vision of the nagorno-karabakh. 3 enemy tanks and 2 helicopters were destroyed. our media has declared a state of war. troops. laid out

richard painter former chief white house ethics lawyer for former president george bush mr painter we appreciate your time and your insights tonight valuable insights thank you thank you very much. like the united states germany has been building a fence along its border but the aim here is to keep out african swine fever which is widespread now in neighboring poland where now the 1st case of the disease has been confirmed here in germany in a wild boar the infectious disease is not dangerous to humans but it is deadly for pigs and authorities have been preparing containment measures to protect the country's pork industry which is europe's biggest this symmetric fence was unable to keep african swine flu from crossing into germany from poland. a dead wild boar found near the border tested positive for the virus that prompted the state to take quick action. essence einstein on this 1st of all limits on foot and vehicle traffic inside the specified area where african swine fever has been found 2nd blocking off the restricted area. 3rd limitations on or an outright ban on hunting for its

all right richard painter joins me now from minneapolis he's a law professor and he's a former chief white house ethics lawyer mr painter it's good to have you on the program we wanted to talk to you because these already a recordings they speak not only to the truth about what the president was thinking in saying but also to the ethics of the u.s. presidency what did you think when you heard these audio recordings terrorist are numbers the united states are are not work are worse that much of western europe including jeremy and countries that dealt with it brought a virus crisis quickly decisively without lying to the top. on the fact we've had hundreds of thousands of americans die of the drop of virus is directly attributed to look back at our government did not respond at times to live a president who knows about the dangers of this virus is it made it an take that he knew about the dangers and yet he isn't lying to them their supper and that is tragic and this idea he didn't want to create a document makes absolutely no sense this is not trying to prevent a stock market crash or

that was richard painter former white house ethics lawyer speaking to d.w. earlier. well known the millions who are eligible to cast a vote in november election are nearly 5000000 native americans yet only a 3rd of them are registered to vote that's the lowest registration among all minority groups in the u.s. arcane laws on reservations such as requiring a fixed address to register means native americans are often disenfranchised. i mean as a traveled to the pine ridge reservation in south dakota to speak with people who are struggling to get their voices heard by november. this is the heart of the south dakota badlands we're approaching the border of pine ridge reservation home to around 18000 members of the oglala lakota tribe. we want to talk to voters here but we're stopped at a checkpoint the guard tells us that because of the threat of copa 19 only residents and essential workers are allowed in and he had to show her my press idea and she waved us through i mean. we drive for nearly an hour across the prairie land before reaching a town we want to know why peo

all right richard painter joins me now from minneapolis he's a law professor and he's a former chief white house ethics lawyer mr painter it's good to have you on the program we wanted to talk to you because these already are recordings they speak not only to the truth about what the president was thinking in saying but also to the ethics of the u.s. presidency what did you think when you heard these audio recordings terrorist are numbers the united states are are not work harbors that much of western europe including germany and countries that dealt with it brought a virus crisis quickly decisively without lying to the top. on the fact we've had hundreds of thousands of americans die of the cross of virus is directly attributed to look back that our government did not respond in time so we have a president who knows about the dangers of this virus is it made it an take that he knew about the dangers and yet he isn't lying to them they're up and that is tragic and this idea that he didn't want to create a document makes absolutely no sense this is not trying to prevent a stock market

all right richard painter joins me now from minneapolis he's a law professor and he's a former chief white house ethics lawyer mr painter it's good to have you on the program we wanted to talk to you because these already are recordings they speak not only to the truth about what the president was thinking in saying but also to the ethics of the u.s. presidency what did you think when you heard these audio recordings terrorist are numbers the united states are are not work harbors that much of western europe including germany and countries that dealt with it brought a virus crisis quickly decisively without lying to the top and the fact that we've had hundreds of thousands of americans die of the cross of virus is directly attributed back to our government did not respond at times with a president who knows about the dangers of this virus is it made it an take that he knew about the years and yet he isn't lying to the american public and that is tragic and this idea that he didn't want to create a document makes absolutely no sense this is not trying to prevent a stock market crash o

richard painter. the post office should be a bipartisan, nonpartisan position that serves the american people and you made that point very clear. i thank you for your service. for all the participants' service and for you being here today. i yield back. mr. connolly: i thank the distinguished chairwoman. the gentleman from alabama, mr. palmer, is recognized for five minutes. mr. palmer: i thank the chairman. first of all, this is all about politics. it's really not about the post office. and the witnesses reflect that. it's remarkable some of the claims that have been made by these individuals. ms. graves raising questions in her work about dark money and sources of funds when her own organization received over $500,000 from outside sources. mr. painter apparently thinks he's still campaigning for office. you're very animated in your responses. yet -- and you want to tout your republican credentials when you ran for the senate as a democrat. and in 2016, you filed a complaint claiming that james comey

richard painter joining us tonight from minneapolis mr painter as always it's good to see you we appreciateyour insights tonight thank you thank you very much thank you. it is an old conflict that is boiling over a new forces from armenia and azerbaijan have clashed over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh both sides are using heavy artillery and they reported casualties each accuses the other of starting this fight and the area in question is internationally recognized as part of by john but it has been controlled by ethnic armenians since a war in the early 1990 s. a war which killed tens of thousands of people russia germany and the united states have all called for an immediate cease fire. wants to go to war on sunday he signed up as a volunteer in the median capital yerevan yes you see i'm 66 years old and i'm ready to fight for my father. he like many has been left shocked by the weekend's clashes. ministry of defense says bees video as a by johnny london vision of the now gone. through enemy tanks and 2 helicopters were destroyed. our media has declared a state of. being troops.

earlier we spoke to richard painter a law professor and former white house ethics lawyer under president george w. bush we asked him if donald trump's alleged debt totaling more than $400000000.00 could be a threat to national security as the democrats have claimed substantial debt that magnitude is a very very worrisome situation and you're absolutely right it is security clearance would ordinarily get at night some of with that kind of gap unless they have assets well an excess of the debt and the this is a situation where the president the united states the president decides who gets a security clearance is not himself someone who caught up like a security clearance because of this that we also don't know who with really good somebody acts are identified but the question as to whether those banks are loaning the money and taking the responsibility for the loan oh or whether the risk really is someone else a guaranteed the loss if the party that guarantees a lot of this but thought you know what it is a hostile foreign power whether it be russia or another country we simply don't know

chairman, ranking member and members of the committee i am richard painter, i'm a love for stressor at the university of minnesota. from 2005 - 2007 i was a chief white house for george w. bush, and the white house ethics office, one of our principal obligations was to make sure senior appointeesr and nominees to the executive branch are free of conflicts of interest, the reason is the financial conflicts of interest in federal office are a crime, the united states 208 makes a crime for united states government official to participate in a particular matter that has a direct and predictable fact on the financial interest of that government official. that statue, it's a criminal statue. please read it members of the committee. it applies not just to a particular party matter such as contracts and investigations, this criminal statute applies to general matters that have a direct and predictable effect on a identifiable class of persons or companies of the government official has financial interest in the company. this is the reason why in the bush administration we never allow the head