HUD inspector general looking into role Ben Carson's family has played
Source: CNN
Updated 7:32 PM ET, Tue February 20, 2018
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Carson called earlier this month for the inspector general to "review" the role his family has played at the department after The Washington Post reported that HUD officials expressed ethics concerns about their role. Carson's son and daughter-in-law helped organize a listening tour for the agency in Baltimore last summer.
Asked Tuesday by CNN whether HUD's Inspector General has opened an investigation into the role Carson's family has played at the department, HUD IG spokesman Darryl Madden said there is "an open matter."
"We have an open matter," Madden said. "However, it is our policy not to comment any further during its pendency."
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The department's lawyers warned that Carson's son's participation might risk violating federal ethics rules and the department's deputy general counsel raised those concerns directly with Carson, according to an internal memo released publicly through the Freedom of Information Act. Linda Cruciani, th
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Carson would be the sixth Cabinet-level member of President Donald Trump's administration to be the subject of an inspector general's investigation concerning federal ethics rules.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/politics/ben-carson-family-hud-investigation/index.html
More #Corruption in the Trump WH!!
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