Warren: No confirmation hearings for Trump appointees until they're vetted for conflicts of interest

[DonViejo]

DAVID FERGUSON
07 JAN 2017 AT 21:28 ET

Sen. Elizabeth Warren threw down the gauntlet to the Trump transition team on Saturday when she called for a moratorium on confirmation hearings for his cabinet appointees until they can be thoroughly screened for conflicts of interest.

TheHill.com reported Saturday evening that Warren made the declaration on Twitter, writing, “Cabinet officials must put our country’s interests before their own. No [confirmation] hearings should be held until we’re certain that’s the case.”

Elizabeth Warren ✔
@SenWarren

Cabinet officials must put our country's interests before their own. No conf hearings should be held until we’re certain that’s the case.

4:29 PM - 7 Jan 2017

She was responding to a letter from the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) expressing grave concern that confirmation hearings will take place before it has a chance to screen nominees for ethical conflicts.

“This is ridiculous,” Warren wrote. “Trump’s nominees can’t drag their feet on ethics paperwork while their Senate friends try to run out the clock.”

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