NBC News: on questioning of Trump appointments: "Democrats probing for explosive revelations"

[Bill USA]

... NBC News report on the vetting of Trump appointments starts with the statement:

"Democrats probing for explosive revelations"

... declaring that Democrats questioning appointees are motivated ONLY by partisan objectives. Congressmen have a responsibility to make sure the appointees don't have conflicts of interest. THe report did show Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Schumer stating this, but in opening the report with: "Democrats probing for explosive revelations" viewers who are good subjects for programming will come away remembering the meme "Democrats are animated ONLY by partisan motives"

[font size="3"] In all the thousands of hours of reporting on the 8 (or is it 9?) Benghazi Witch Hunts I don't remember any statements by GOP toadies of M$M which ever implied or hinted that any motivations by Republicans might possibly be anything but purely a search for the truth.[/font]

the report I'm referring to starts about 9:15 into the Sunday evening (1/8/17) program....

http://www.nbc.com/nightly-news/video/nbc-nightly-news-jan-8-2017/3445619



The report did point out the problems the Office of Governement Ethics, which has vetted Presidential appointees in the past before committee hearings, (~10:15) has had establishing communications with the Trump transition team:

[blockquote style="border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 10px;"]In emails obtained by MSNBC, it appears President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team brushed off contact with the Office of Government Ethics and was warned about not looking to the office for guidance over it’s announced Cabinet picks.

The office’s director, Walter Shaub, noted in several emails that they couldn’t seem to get in contact with anyone within the Trump circle and explained that they could be setting themselves up for embarrassment by not conferring with the ethics office over its nominees.

Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub emailed Trump aides in November to lament that despite his office’s repeated outreach, “we seem to have lost contact with the Trump-Pence transition since the election.”



more here: Government Ethics Director: ‘We Seem to Have Lost Contact’ With Trump Team Since Election

...
Shaub also sent out emails about possible conflicts of interest for new White House staff members, saying these new hires could run the risk of inadvertently breaking the law if they hadn’t been briefed on ethics guidelines, writing that the office wouldn’t “be able to help them after the fact.”

The issue of Trump creating a blind trust for his business interests without seeking advice from ethics officers was also brought up, saying that efforts by the Trump team to create one could be moot because the government wouldn’t consider trustees independent if Trump didn’t consult the office. Also, [font color="red"]Shaub stated that a trust can only be blind if assets were “sold off,” which it appears Trump is trying to avoid[/font].

MSNBC received the info via a FOIA request and was provided with hundreds of pages of correspondence between the Trump team and the ethics office. Additional emails showed the difficulties the office had in getting in touch with Trump’s counsel, along with a lack of anything from the Trump team regarding the president-elect divesting from his businesses.

[Chasstev365]

1. I'm Done with NBC/MSNBC!

[Bill USA]

2. not MSNBC. it's actually reports on GOP perfidies, note excerpt in OP....

[link:http://www.mediaite.com/online/government-ethics-director-we-seem-to-have-lost-contact-with-trump-team-since-election/|Government Ethics Director: ‘We Seem to Have Lost Contact’ With Trump Team Since Election
by Justin Baragona, 3:18 pm, January 7th, 2017]

In emails obtained by MSNBC, it appears President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team brushed off contact with the Office of Government Ethics and was warned about not looking to the office for guidance over it’s announced Cabinet picks.

The office’s director, Walter Shaub, noted in several emails that they couldn’t seem to get in contact with anyone within the Trump circle and explained that they could be setting themselves up for embarrassment by not conferring with the ethics office over its nominees.

Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub emailed Trump aides in November to lament that despite his office’s repeated outreach, “we seem to have lost contact with the Trump-Pence transition since the election.”

(more)

the link behind: "In emails obtained by MSNBC" .... takes you here:

US ethics office struggled to gain access to Trump Team, emails show

MSNBC doesn't have very many viewers so NBC apparently feels it can slip a little informative reports in there, and not risk getting in trouble with the GOP. That's my theory, anyway.


MSNBC has the Rachel Maddow show...http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

[uponit7771]

3. Fuckin wow, KGOP literally says Bhengazi was to lower HRC ratings and NBC goes to false equivalence