Federal District Court Strikes Down Montana Law Requiring That Individuals Filing Ethics Complaints Against Public Officials to Keep Complaints Confidential
Order and opinion in Tschida v. Mangan.
Category Archives: ethics investigations
“Postal Service broke law in pushing time off for workers to campaign for Clinton, investigation finds”
WaPo:
The U.S. Postal Service engaged in widespread violations of federal law by pressuring managers to approve letter carriers’ taking time off last fall to campaign for Hillary Clinton and other union-backed Democrats, investigators said Wednesday.
High-level postal officials had… Continue reading
“Federal ethics chief who clashed with White House announces he will step down”
WaPo:
n an interview, Shaub said he was not leaving under pressure, adding that no one in the White House or the administration pushed him to leave. But the ethics chief said he felt that he had reached the limit… Continue reading
“Post-Watergate ethics panel needs urgent makeover”
“White House Official Violated Law Banning Political Activity, Agency Says”
NYT:
Dan Scavino Jr., the White House director of social media, violated a federal law that prohibits political activity by government employees, the federal agency empowered to enforce the law has concluded, citing the tweet Mr. Scavino sent in April… Continue reading
“White House Waivers May Have Violated Ethics Rules”
NYT:
The Trump administration may have skirted federal ethics rules by retroactively granting a blanket exemption that allows Stephen K. Bannon, the senior White House strategist, to communicate with editors at Breitbart News, where he was recently an executive.
The… Continue reading
“White House Backs Down on Keeping Ethics Waivers Secret”
Eric Lipton for the NYT:
The White House unexpectedly backed down Friday in a confrontation with the government’s top ethics officer, announcing it will publicly disclose waivers that have been quietly handed out since January to let certain former lobbyists… Continue reading
“Brian Svoboda on the Ends of Congressional Ethics Enforcement”
Important guest post from Brian Svoboda over at Bob Bauer’s blog. Bob’s intro:
My colleague Brian Svoboda, an expert in congressional ethics, has written an insightful commentary on how we might think about the ends and design of effective congressional… Continue reading
FL Ethics Board Clears AG Bondi Over Trump Contribution
Palm Beach Post:
After conducting a probe that included a face-to-face interview with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, the state’s ethics commission is throwing out complaints related to Bondi’s decision to seek a $25,000 campaign contribution from Donald Trump nearly… Continue reading
“Ethics Issues and Resolutions: The Conway Case”
Bob Bauer, a former White House Counsel, on what the message to Kellyane Conway from the White House Counsel’s office should have said.
“Just when you thought the Trump ethics disaster couldn’t get worse, it did”
“Trump’s Cabinet pick invested in company, then introduced a bill to help it”
Manu Raju for CNN.
“Trump aide Reince Priebus warns ethics chief to ‘be careful’”
WaPo:
Donald Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff warned the director of the Office of Government Ethics on Sunday to “be careful” about criticizing Trump’s handling of his business conflicts.