Ethics office: Trump aides risk ’embarrassment’

Posted by | January 8, 2017 11:29 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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The government ethics office says Trump risks embarrassment by announcing picks before ethics reviews.

In a letter to Senate leaders, the Chief of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub described the current status of several nominees, some of whom are billionaires and millionaires, and expressed concern about the lack of ethics reviews just days from committee hearings.

Trump aides may be risking ’embarrassment for the President-elect’, by ‘announcing cabinet picks’ without letting the ethics office review their financial information in advance, according to NBC.

Shaub stated in an email to two Senators: ‘During this presidential transition, not all of the nominees presently scheduled for hearings have completed the ethics review process.

‘In fact, OGE has not received even initial draft financial disclosure reports for some of the nominees scheduled for hearings.

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11 responses to Ethics office: Trump aides risk ’embarrassment’

  1. anothertoothpick January 8th, 2017 at 11:48

    Is it possible pumpkin head could Be a BIGGER embarrassment??

    • Larry Schmitt January 8th, 2017 at 12:49

      He’ll come up with a way. No matter how low he goes, there is no bottom.

    • amersham1046 January 8th, 2017 at 17:18

      better described as the BIGGEST embarrassment

  2. William January 8th, 2017 at 12:00

    We have actually gotten to the point where the outrageous and insane is the new norm. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d9a245a371e1fd1dc121d586f379b1890a58d0f8584cf3e03f3fff08b1bedca0.png

  3. mea_mark January 8th, 2017 at 13:04

    It’s an illegitimate presidency, why bother with ethics?

    • Larry Schmitt January 8th, 2017 at 13:14

      His entire business life has been unethical, why start now? I mean, how do you expect a 70-year-old man who has lived his entire life one way, to suddenly change? It doesn’t happen. And he has no reason to. He got just enough votes to get what he wanted, and now he can proceed with his dream: blowing up the United States.

  4. jybarz January 8th, 2017 at 13:08

    Well, everything about Maggot Trump is unethical, crooked, corrupt, fraudulent, unpatriotic, treasonous and an ultimate liar…so it is reasonable that his nominees have fallen not far from little dickhead Trump tree.

  5. Suzanne McFly January 8th, 2017 at 13:11

    Well rump was elected without showing his financial reports, so why should any of his nominations?

  6. labman57 January 8th, 2017 at 14:44

    Everyone needs to get with the program.
    In Trump’s Administration, ethics and conflicts of interest are irrelevant.

  7. robert January 8th, 2017 at 18:18

    Trump aides may be risking ’embarrassment for the President-elect’, by
    ‘announcing cabinet picks’ without letting the ethics office review
    their financial information
    ————————————-
    As if this was an issue before donald became a nominee ?

  8. MadamePresidentSoreLoser January 9th, 2017 at 23:36

    And Alan’s sister in law is a plagiarist

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