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Paul Begala

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Paul Begala is a prominent American political consultant, strategist, and television personality, best known for his role as a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been influential in shaping political discourse and strategy in the United States. Begala has also made a name for himself as a commentator on various news networks, where he provides insights on political issues and campaigns.

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Mar 13, 2017

I think the fact that he has these Trump Towers in all kinds of countries, some of which we don't have very good relationships with is a conflict of interest.

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Mar 13, 2017

The smoke is we know that the Russians illegally hacked into the Democratic Party to try to tip the election to Trump.

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Mar 13, 2017

two-thirds of Americans even today say that Donald Trump should release his tax returns. People do want to know.

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Mar 13, 2017

Those guys get hammered by this bill. Bloomberg looked at which counties get more and which get less. By three to one counties that voted for Hillary get more.

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Mar 13, 2017

But it could be unconstitutional. It is not -- it is unconstitutional if he's accepting payments from a foreign government.

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Mar 13, 2017

Is our president compromised by a hostile foreign power? We know his election was affected by hostile foreign power.

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Mar 13, 2017

I want to go all the way back to the founding fathers, who were terribly concerned about a president who was compromised by a foreign power.

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Mar 13, 2017

This conflicts that he has, that to me is the most important thing. That's why I want to see everything in his tax return.

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Mar 13, 2017

I want to know -- there's a form called 8938, which is a Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets.

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Mar 12, 2017

That's the political problem is that the people who are going to suffer about this, who lose their subsidies and who will lose their health care tend to be older and rural like the Trump base.

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Mar 12, 2017

If, in fact, if in fact he was being surveilled, it was on a court order, not by order of the president of the United States.

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Mar 12, 2017

First, Trump made a cardinal promise. One of the reasons he did so well with older voters, he said, I will not cut Medicaid.

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