White House Blocks OGE’s Ability to Enforce Ethics Rules

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Published by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 23/05/2017 - 1:30am

Common Cause

The White House move to block the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) from collecting waivers granted by Trump Administration nominees to work in fields where they recently lobbied is an outrage and part of a disturbing pattern. OGE was created in the wake of the Watergate scandal to monitor ethics compliance, but the Trump Administration is denying it the ability to do so.