{"id":20258,"date":"2017-02-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/news\/ethics-office-confirms-conway-breach-administrations-conflicts-recklessness-and-disregard-for-the-truth-start-with-trump\/"},"modified":"2017-02-14T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T05:00:00","slug":"ethics-office-confirms-conway-breach-administrations-conflicts-recklessness-and-disregard-for-the-truth-start-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/news\/ethics-office-confirms-conway-breach-administrations-conflicts-recklessness-and-disregard-for-the-truth-start-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics Office Confirms Conway Breach; Administration\u2019s Conflicts, Recklessness and Disregard for the Truth Start With Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feb. 14, 2017<\/p>\n

Ethics Office Confirms Conway Breach; Administration\u2019s Conflicts, Recklessness and Disregard for the Truth Start With Trump<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Statement of Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Note: The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) today concluded that White House counselor Kellyanne Conway misused her position by using a television interview to urge the public to buy Ivanka Trump products. The office has called for the White House to discipline Conway. Public Citizen filed a complaint<\/a> on Feb. 9 asking the OGE to investigate. <\/i><\/p>\n

Now comes the independent ethics office to uphold basic standards of propriety, decency and anti-corruption. We can only hope that the Trump White House responds positively to the call to discipline Kellyanne Conway for her transgressions \u2013 statements that never would have been made had she subjected herself to the most elementary standards.<\/p>\n

But forgive us if we don\u2019t hold our breath. Conway\u2019s promotion of Ivanka\u2019s products followed the example of President Trump and was intended to curry favor with the president (apparently successfully).<\/p>\n

The administration\u2019s pervasive conflicts of interest, recklessness, carelessness and disregard for anti-corruption standards and even truth all start from the president.<\/p>\n

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