The Latest: Lawmakers call for ethics review of Conway

[riversedge]

Source: Ap news



WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):

5:57 p.m.

The top two lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee are asking ethics officials to review comments made by a top aide to President Donald Trump after she promoted Ivanka Trump's fashion line during a television interview from the White House.

Reps. Jason Chaffetz of Utah and Elijah Cummings of Maryland on Thursday asked the Office of Government Ethics to review the comments by White House aide Kellyanne Conway. The lawmakers say Conway's statement could "constitute an explicit endorsement and advertisement for Ivanka Trump's personal business."
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Chaffetz and Cummings said White House press secretary Sean Spicer's remark that Conway has been "counseled" doesn't go far enough.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/c84b8b6ca303442c94977f1f64fd2e60/The-Latest:-House-oversight-chairman-says-Conway-was-'wrong

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whow. I am surprised that Jason went along with asking the Ethics officials to review this.

[madaboutharry]

1. It's so blatant even Chaffetz can't deny it needs an investigation.

[Hortensis]

9. Chaffetz is unprincipled scum. Must be a factional move,

the Kochs and their tool Chaffetz against one of the factions around Trump that's trying to keep as much power in their hands as possible? And in Robert Mercer's? I'd love to read more about this.

Conway's seemingly already weakened, already lost power to Bannon and probably the family "Javanka" faction. Her office is on the second floor, where Trump will never wander, although she supposedly has walk-in privileges for his. Plus, the press aren't letting her just spread Trump lies without interference they way they used to--not nearly so satisfying for Trump to watch.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Looks like her husband George Conway will get nod for Solicitor General. . . . nt

[guillaumeb]

3. I am shocked.

Is it possible that the GOP already sees Trump as a liability for 2018?

[paleotn]

10. part of me hopes not

and 45 remains a dead, stinking albatross around their necks for the mid terms. The other part of me fears what damage that stinking albatross will cause in the interim.

[msanthrope]

4. Even Chaffetz can't hide on this one. nt

[Mc Mike]

5. Possibly infighting related to the competition for Justice Dept's S G appointment. nt.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Sacrifical lamb for Trump.

So to speak. Sacrificial rattlesnake, more like it.

[trc]

7. Conway is a liability that Chaffetz can sacrifice to seem less partisan

while actually not doing a damn thing requiring real action.

[cstanleytech]

14. Exactly, this is just a show for the public as he is still the same partisan hack

deep down.

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. Her arrogance is stunning

Does she really think women are going to buy stuff because SHE said so?

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Chaffetz went along because

she's a woman? dunno

[Ccarmona]

12. She Broke the Law

Even Chaffetz couldn't ignore it. It was on Fox News.

[cstanleytech]

13. I'm not surprised as alot of Repugnants would offer up their own child as a sacrificial

goat to try and fool the public that are ethical but as we saw with their treatment of Bill Clinton, Obama and Hillary they are far from ethical.

[riversedge]

15. WPost has a longer write-up of this issue.....& some on the Ethics office....

and more on the family conflicts.....business vs the Presidency...


White House says Conway has been ‘counseled’ after touting Ivanka Trump’s products

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/conway-may-have-broken-key-ethics-rule-by-touting-ivanka-trumps-products-experts-say/2017/02/09/fd1cc64a-eeda-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_conway-1040a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.8bab4085f11e




Conway may have violated ethics rules in promoting Ivanka's clothing line

By Drew Harwell, Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman February 9 at 7:50 PM






................OGE officials did not respond to requests for comment. By midmorning, the agency’s website had crashed, and the OGE’s official Twitter account said that the office’s phone and email systems were receiving “an extraordinary volume” of citizen input about “recent events.”

The office tweeted that its role is to help prevent ethics violations but not to investigate allegations that rules have been broken — a job reserved for the FBI, inspectors general and other watchdogs. Still, the OGE notifies agencies of possible ethics violations and asks for reports on any action taken, a process the office indicated it is “actively following,” according to the OGE’s tweets.

Experts said a typical executive-branch employee who violated the endorsement rule could face significant disciplinary action, including a multi-day suspension and loss of pay. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees, for instance, face a five-day suspension or termination for using public office for private gain.

But enforcement measures are largely left to the head of the federal agency — in Conway’s case, the White House. Conway’s counseling, independent lawyers said, could have included a meeting with members of the White House counsel’s office, but it remained unclear what disciplinary steps would be taken.....................................

[Tikki]

17. If a person would work for a man who said he would hurt women in one of the most...

painful ways just because and a parent could look into a child's eyes and continued to work for that man..
well, ethics are already out the window and morals are non-existent.

Tikki

[sheshe2]

16. It is not just Conway pimping Ivanka's crap...

so is the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!

We elected a bunch of grifters!