Business Insider: Trump's White House grants ethics waivers that give exemptions to Kellyanne Conway, Steve Bannon, and ex-lobbyists
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President Donald Trump granted ethics waivers to at least 16 White House staffers to allow them to work with subjects they had in the private sector before joining the government, according to records released by the administration on Wednesday.
Salon: A retroactive ethics waiver that applies to Steve Bannon may have broken ethics rulesQuote:
Walter M. Shaub, Jr., the head of the Office of Government Ethics, told the Times that “there is no such thing as a retroactive waiver. If you need a retroactive waiver, you have violated a rule.”
It seems like ethics waivers are used fairly often in US government (which seems odd to me, but whatever.) I wonder about this retroactive waiver for Bannon, though. Seems like it just draws attention to possible unethical behaviour.
05 Jun 2017, 7:51 am
