The Office of Government Ethics has told Democratic Senators that the White House's blanket, retroactive waiver of ethics rules for Steve Bannon (and other Executive Office appointees) for being undated and, well, retroactive.
Based on Trump's own Executive Order, the OGE head wrote: "As discussed earlier, the order expressly provides that a waiver is effective only after it has been signed. More importantly, the putative retroactivity is inconsistent with the very concept of a waiver, which is to take decisions regarding the appropriateness of an employee’s participation in covered matters out of the employee’s hands. By engaging in a prohibited matter at a time when the appointee does not possess a waiver, the appointee violates the rule."
"Although the White House may later decide that such a violation does not warrant disciplinary action, the subsequent issuance of a waiver would not change the fact that a violation occurred."'
But, hey, when the President says it's okay, even if he said it wasn't okay before, well, I guess it's okay. Until he changes his mind. Or we end up with someone who maybe pays a bit more attention to ethics.
Office of Government Ethics says Steve Bannon’s waiver to speak with Breitbart is ‘problematic’
The Office of Government Ethics said in a…
Bannon has much to answer for. He's a vile character with an even viler ideology.
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