Departing Trump aides failed to disclose next job as law requires

[DonViejo]

Watchdog groups have regularly criticized the Trump administration for failing to prioritize ethics.

By ANITA KUMAR 03/27/2019 12:38 PM EDT Updated 03/27/2019 12:49 PM EDT

Seven former senior Trump aides, including the White House’s top ethics official, may have violated federal law by failing to disclose their future employment on financial reports, according to records obtained by POLITICO.

One of those aides, John McEntee, President Donald Trump’s former personal aide who left in March 2018, reportedly after a problem with his security clearance, also appears to have been paid by the Trump campaign while still working at the White House, also a possible violation of the law, the records show.

High-level staffers are required to disclose their future employment — if they have a job lined up — to identify potential conflicts of interest between their White House positions and new employers.

It’s the latest in what good government advocates say are a pattern of ethical lapses in the Trump administration. Several government watchdog groups have criticized the Trump administration repeatedly for allowing high-ranking staffers to spend an exorbitant amounts of money on travel, promoting Trump businesses and failing to file legally required financial reports.

The six other staffers are Reed Cordish, assistant to the president for intergovernmental and technology initiatives; Stefan Passantino, former deputy counsel; Marc Short, director of legislative affairs; Bill Stepien, director of political affairs; Katie Walsh, deputy chief of staff; and Paul Winfree, deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, who served in several top policy jobs.

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[Wounded Bear]

1. "Prioritize ethics?"

That's a good one.

[Yavin4]

2. Well, it's a little embarassing to report that your new job is with Satan. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. How do you "prioritize ethics" when you have no ethics?

I don't prioritize Brussels sprouts because I hate them. QED.