Richard Painter Slams Congress for Doing ‘Nothing’ in Wake of Trump’s ‘Very Bad’ Week: ‘It’s Pathetic’

Speaking on MSNBC’s The 11th Hour Friday night, former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter talked about President Donald Trump‘s terrible, no good week and railed against Congress for doing nothing in the wake of this week’s convictions and other bombshells.

“Well, I certainly never seen anything like that because I never advised a president who had his campaign manager and his deputy campaign manager found guilty or plead guilty to multiple criminal charges the same day his former attorney pled guilty to eight felonies,” Painter began.

He continued on: “Now we have the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization turning state’s evidence. I have to say that every white-collar criminal defense lawyer knows when the chief financial officer turns state’s evidence, everyone in the executive suite is in a lot of trouble because the chief financial officer knows exactly where the money is coming and going.”

He also noted: “Remember, that every time Bob Mueller gets anywhere near Donald Trump‘s money, Donald Trump starts threatening to fire Bob Mueller. It appears that they’re closing in on the basic financial structure of the Trump Organization. Perhaps the reasons why he’s not disclosing his tax returns. And what we may find there is really quite ugly.”

Painter then concluded: “So, this has been a very, very bad week for the president…We’re well past the point where we were in Watergate in 1973 when they had hearings looking into the obstruction of justice and other criminal activities going on in the Nixon administration. This is far worse and yet Congress is doing absolutely nothing. It’s pathetic.”

Watch above, via MSNBC

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