Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) on Thursday asked House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) to refer White House aide Kellyanne Conway for potential disciplinary action after she plugged Ivanka Trump’s fashion and accessories line during an interview.
In a letter, Cummings said that Conway’s comments appear to be a “textbook violation” of ethics laws and recommended that it be referred the Office of Government Ethics.
“This appears to be a textbook violation of government ethics laws and regulations enacted to prevent the abuse of an employee’s government position,” Cummings wrote.
Cummings outlined the laws he thought Conway may have been in violation of when she appeared on Fox News Thursday morning and said “Go buy Ivanka’s stuff.”
“I’m going to just give a free commercial here. Go buy it today everybody. You can find it online,” Conway added in the interview.
Cummings is not alone in his view of her comments. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), ranking member on the House Ethics Committee, tweeted about Conway’s “commercial,” suggesting the Office of Government Ethics could be looking into it.
Read the entirety of Cummings’ letter below:
Sessions: Trump business can do this every day. I have given them 1 hour limit to promote their business in WH. Automatic Impeachment if he exceeds 24 hour/day limit.
no big deal… ethically fluid Jason Chaffetz gives a pass to someone making money off the presidency…
Well, good for Elijah Cummings for making the gesture, but he must surely know that Chaffetz ain’t going to do shit. However, he will have to respond and refuse point blank, so that will actually be useful down the road.
Trump supporters still out of work, but at lest Ivanka’s getting paid.
Just go ahead and start the White House Shopping Network already.
We know for 100% sure Chaffetz won’t do anything about this. But, it is still very important to call out and expose that vile, horrible, despicable scumbag at every chance we get. And with PeePee in the Oval Office we will have a LOT of such chances.