Joe Scarborough: “He ignored an explicit warning, as did the President, according to Washington Post reports. They ignored explicit…”

“He ignored an explicit warning, as did the President, according to Washington Post reports. They ignored explicit warnings from their own attorneys: Do not raise money by making phone calls from the White House. And, of course, we remember their first tact was, well, we cannot remember making calls; do not think we made the calls. Later on they said they did make the calls. The Vice President said he made the calls, he was proud of what he did, and he promised never to do it again. Of course, he had that pathetic legalistic excuse that there was no controlling authority. But it is a shameful episode. They think Americans are stupid. While they obstruct justice, they think Americans are stupid. While they ignore the advice of their own counsel, they think Americans are so stupid, and they think that there are so many scandals swirling around this White House, that Americans will simply lose interest and turn on the baseball game. I do not underestimate the American people as much as the White House does. I just wish they would have followed their own attorneys' advice. I remember the day we were first sworn in, even before then. It was the gentleman from California, Mr. Bill Thomas, who talked to us in the Cannon Caucus Room, the entire incoming Republican class. What is the first thing he told us? Do not raise money on Federal property. Do not make fund-raising phone calls from Federal property. He said if we needed to do that, to walk across the street. It is illegal.”