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Wash. Post: Ethics Official Warns That Plans To Begin Confirmation Hearings For Trump’s Cabinet Nominees Before Ethics Reviews Are Complete Are “Of Great Concern.” The Washington Post reported that the director of the Office of Government Ethics, Walter M. Shaub Jr., warned representatives that “the current confirmation calendar is ‘of great concern to me’ because nominees have not completed a required ethics review before their hearings.” From the January 7 report:
A top ethics official has warned that plans to confirm Donald Trump’s top Cabinet choices before background examinations are complete are unprecedented and have overwhelmed government investigators responsible for the reviews.
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Whether the schedule holds in the coming days is unclear. McConnell’s office declined to respond to warnings by Walter M. Shaub Jr., director of the Office of Government Ethics, who said in a letter released Friday the current confirmation calendar is “of great concern to me” because nominees have not completed a required ethics review before their hearings.
The schedule “has created undue pressure on OGE’s staff and agency ethics officials to rush through these important reviews,” Shaub wrote in response to an inquiry by Democratic senators. “More significantly, it has left some of the nominees with potentially unknown or unresolved ethics issues shortly before their scheduled hearings.”
Shaub added: “I am not aware of any occasion in the four decades since OGE was established when the Senate held a confirmation hearing before the nominee had completed the ethics review process.”
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The OGE enforces federal ethics rules and reviews potential conflicts of interest for nominees to government posts. Shaub, a lawyer and political appointee of President Obama, took over the office in 2013. He donated a total of $500 to Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, federal elections records show.
Ethics experts from both political parties expressed dismay at the possibility that confirmation hearings would proceed before the OGE reviews are completed. [The Washington Post, 1/7/16]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...4ab630851e8_story.html?utm_term=.5ebe03c6821a
Wash. Post: Ethics Official Warns That Plans To Begin Confirmation Hearings For Trump’s Cabinet Nominees Before Ethics Reviews Are Complete Are “Of Great Concern.” The Washington Post reported that the director of the Office of Government Ethics, Walter M. Shaub Jr., warned representatives that “the current confirmation calendar is ‘of great concern to me’ because nominees have not completed a required ethics review before their hearings.” From the January 7 report:
A top ethics official has warned that plans to confirm Donald Trump’s top Cabinet choices before background examinations are complete are unprecedented and have overwhelmed government investigators responsible for the reviews.
[...]
Whether the schedule holds in the coming days is unclear. McConnell’s office declined to respond to warnings by Walter M. Shaub Jr., director of the Office of Government Ethics, who said in a letter released Friday the current confirmation calendar is “of great concern to me” because nominees have not completed a required ethics review before their hearings.
The schedule “has created undue pressure on OGE’s staff and agency ethics officials to rush through these important reviews,” Shaub wrote in response to an inquiry by Democratic senators. “More significantly, it has left some of the nominees with potentially unknown or unresolved ethics issues shortly before their scheduled hearings.”
Shaub added: “I am not aware of any occasion in the four decades since OGE was established when the Senate held a confirmation hearing before the nominee had completed the ethics review process.”
[...]
The OGE enforces federal ethics rules and reviews potential conflicts of interest for nominees to government posts. Shaub, a lawyer and political appointee of President Obama, took over the office in 2013. He donated a total of $500 to Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, federal elections records show.
Ethics experts from both political parties expressed dismay at the possibility that confirmation hearings would proceed before the OGE reviews are completed. [The Washington Post, 1/7/16]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...4ab630851e8_story.html?utm_term=.5ebe03c6821a
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