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Trump throws ethics out!!!! Who the hell needs ethics?????
Director Of Government Ethics Office Is Alarmed Trump Cabinet Picks Haven’t Been Fully Vetted
The head of the Office of Government Ethics expressed alarm Saturday that the Senate would begin considering President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for cabinet positions before they’ve been fully vetted for conflicts of interests.
“As OGE’s Director, the announced hearing schedule for several nominees who have not completed the ethics review process is of great concern to me,” wrote OGE director Walter Shaub Jr. in a letter to Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-conflict-of-interests_us_58714bb1e4b099cdb0fd73f6