Trump White House ethics lawyer exits

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By JOSH GERSTEIN 11/27/2017 05:09 AM EST

The ranks of former White House ethics lawyers available to comment on the ongoing controversies engulfing President Donald Trump's administration has just grown by one — an attorney who's certain to offer a much different perspective than the most prominent figures now ensconced as seemingly permanent fixtures on cable news.

After almost a year in the White House counsel's office tackling a raft of ethics and financial disclosure issues, James Schultz resigned last week and is returning to private practice at the Philadelphia-based law firm where he previously worked, Cozen O'Connor.

Schultz insists his exit is unrelated to any of those myriad controversies, but simply triggered by a desire to get back to private law work and back to Philadelphia, where his family has remained.

"That was something Don [McGahn, the White House counsel] and I discussed very early on," Schultz told POLITICO on Sunday. "I was interested in continuing with private practice and saw this as a tremendous opportunity to go serve and get things up and running and the plan was to move on about this time. ... These are typically year-to-about-18-months-type positions."

Read more: https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/11/27/trump-white-house-ethics-lawyer-exits-260542

[PJMcK]

1. Who knew there was an ethics lawyer in Trump's WH? (n/t)

[underpants]

5. That's like manning the abstinence booth in a whore house n/t

[forgotmylogin]

8. He probably resigned out of boredom.

Waiting by his phone for an inquiry...cobwebs adorning the receiver...

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

9. Really

Why would there be?... Rhetorical.

[Achilleaze]

2. Another rat flees the KGOP republican RAT House

before the hammer of justice falls...

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Must be worse than we thought

when the unethical "ethics" lawyer bails....

This -

"I was interested in continuing with private practice and saw this as a tremendous opportunity to go serve and get things up and running and the plan was to move on about this time. ... These are typically year-to-about-18-months-type positions."

is complete bullshit.

And this is hilarious (he has been trolling hard this year)

Link to tweet

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Richard W. Painter @RWPUSA

He didn't last long, but it's not surprising.

White House ethics lawyer resigns http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/361912-white-house-ethics-lawyer-resigns …
7:51 AM - Nov 27, 2017


And from Obama's former ethics guy

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

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Norm Eisen
✔
@NormEisen

Twitter would need to increase their character limit to document all of the ethics failings of the past 11 months. Heck, the Encyclopaedia Britannica would have to increase their character limit. I think real reason he’s leaving his fear of his own liability as Feds close in https: //twitter.com/ChrisLu44/status/935134446361235458...
8:16 AM - Nov 27, 2017


Incomplete list of what's happened on his watch:
-Hatch Act violations
-Emoluments & Trump Hotel
-Incomplete FBI/financial disclosure forms
-Improper use of private jets
-Official resources market Trump brand
-Tax returns not released
-Lack of divestiturehttp://thehill.com/homenews/administration/361912-white-house-ethics-lawyer-resigns …
8:13 AM - Nov 27, 2017
White House ethics lawyer resigns

A White House ethics lawyer reportedly resigned last week.
thehill.com

[justhanginon]

4. Trump administration ethics lawyer. Surely you jest!

Ethics lawyer. Yeah!

[Scarsdale]

6. Well, he spent a year

searching for some, any ETHICS, then left when none were evident. The office is a joke, anyway. tRump is as ethics free as any one else in the gop.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Isn't that an oxymoron or something?

[Sunlei]

10. define originalist

define originalist

In the context of United States constitutional interpretation, originalism is a way to interpret the Constitution's meaning as stable from the time of enactment, which can be changed only by the steps set out in Article Five. The term originated in the 1980s.

What is a non originalist?

Bursch presented benefits and challenges of both interpretations of the Constitution: originalism, in which the meaning of the Constitution is interpreted as fixed as of the time it was enacted, and non-originalism, in which the meaning of the Constitution is viewed as evolving with changes in society and

[Sunlei]

11. And when a Lawyer "quits on a client" that means he won't lie for the client IMO!

IMO

[TomSlick]

12. THIS lawyer will fire a client for two reasons:

(1) When the client is lying (and I know s/he's lying) to the Court and (2) when the client won't follow instructions.

Either of these would likely apply in this case.