In an appearance on the ABC News Sunday morning show This Week, incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus warned the Director of the Office of Government Ethics to “be careful” about criticizing President-Elect Trump’s conflicts of interest.
On Wednesday Director Walter Shaub Jr. called Trump’s plan to separate himself from his business “wholly inadequate” and “doesn’t meet the standards” set by other presidents or even Trump’s own nominees.
Said Priebus: “The head of the government ethics ought to be careful, because that person is becoming extremely political. Apparently, may have made a — publicly supported Hillary Clinton as calling out the president with information on Twitter about our disentangle — disentangling of the business over a month ago. So I’m not so sure what this person at Government Ethics, what sort of standing he has anymore in giving these opinions. I think Jason Chaffetz was correct to call for an investigation into the Government Ethics Department in the government for the positions that they’ve taken in this campaign.”
Christ, now even Reince is a tough guy.
Poor Reince, I guess they couldn’t find anyone important to go on the Sunday morning liar’s shows.
Oh, Reince, how we’ll all point and laugh when you’re swept away in the flood with the rest of the crime syndicate. You’re exactly the type of craven, dull-witted weakling who goes along with the bullies and suffers the consequences.
Mr. Shaub is merely stating the laws that govern ethics by those in federal service. It is very unfortunate that the only way he can get his message through is to put it out there in a public forum. Any other sane incoming president would have sat down with his office and sought guidance on various matters.
This idea they are planting that no one is to challenge Trump and that he is suddenly above any and all laws is chilling. It is basically a warning to knock it off or else.
Nice library of Wittgenstein you got there, Ethics Boy. Shame if anything should happen to it.