Norm Eisen
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You don't pull any punches.
We could have had TSA paid by the end of the week, but the president said no deal.
Well, Jen, he's been grabbing cash as fast as he can in every direction with his net worth exploding.
So it's appropriate that we're going to see his signature today.
The first time we've had anything like this in over 160 years since before the end of the Civil War.
It's a throwback and a reminder that this is the most corrupt administration in American history with Trump and his cronies in and outside of the government.
taking money out of the taxpayers' pockets as fast as they can.
Well, we filed a legal complaint about the Jared Kushner situation at my organization, the Democracy Defenders Fund, because of the serious questions that it raises about
with this responsibility that he has as Trump's peace envoy in the Middle East, while Kushner is raising billions of dollars from those same countries in the Gulf, sitting on the board, Trump's board of
peace while at the same time running his affinity partners seeking an extra $5 billion from the Gulf region.
It raises questions, Jen.
Under the anti-nepotism laws, the president is not supposed to prefer family members in this way.
Jared Kushner is representing the government.
The Constitution says you can't take foreign cash or benefits, emoluments.
It's the only ethics rule that was so important.
The founders and framers of our country put it in the Constitution.
And of course, conflicts of interest.
How, in a time of war,
the aftermath in Gaza, the war in Iran.
You have a senior American representative like Mr. Kushner raising money in the region at the same time as we have these incredibly complicated conflicts.