Wednesday, May 24, 2017

White House attempts to block disclosure of Trump Administration ethics waivers, gets rejected.

Uh oh.
Courtesy of NPR: 

The Office of Government Ethics has rejected a White House attempt to block the agency's compilation of federal ethics rules waivers granted to officials hired into the Trump administration from corporations and lobbying firms. 

The White House action, a letter to OGE Director Walter M. Shaub Jr. from Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, was first reported by The New York Times. The newspaper had earlier published a detailed account of lobbyists turned appointees who were granted waivers and now oversee regulations they previously had lobbied against. 

With an ethics waiver, a federal official is free to act on matters that normally would trigger concerns about conflicts of interest or other ethical problems. Federal regulations say the waivers generally should be made public on request. The Obama administration routinely posted waivers online. The Trump administration has issued an unknown number and released none. 

Shaub notified the White House and federal agencies in April that OGE wanted to see all ethics waivers issued by President Trump's administration. He set June 1 as the deadline. The broad request is known as a data call.

Oh I think we see another Trump White House scandal looming over the horizon.

Fighting this only goes to prove that the Trump Administration is terrified of ANY disclosures of  what they have been doing behind the scenes.

I would be willing to bet that there are some very interesting ethics waivers that have to do with, not just with members of the cabinet, but members of the Trump family as well.

25 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:10 AM

    Leave him alone. So what he's being investigated for collusion with our enemy, disclosing secret confidential information to our enemy that's going to get out allies, agents and Americans killed. So what President Trump filled his swamp with more swamp creatures, he is president. Move on please. Nothing to see.

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    1. Anonymous4:49 AM


      He told the dictator of the Philippines we have two nuclear subs in the area of N. Korea. This guy has diarrhea of the mouth !!!

      Sure hope the folks in NATO limit their conversations to the Electoral College Map, otherwise putin will know everything before they finish their sentence.

      http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/24/trump-rodrigo-duterte-call-transcript-238758

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    2. Anonymous5:08 AM

      Little donnie is too busy telling the dictator of the Philippines where are nuclear subs are to worry about the russians.

      This guy has diarrhea of the mouth.

      The NATO folks had better stick to discussing the map of the Electoral College or else putin will know everything before the summit is over.

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    3. Anonymous8:09 AM

      @5:08 More everyday...
      https://www.vox.com/world/2017/5/1/15502610/trump-philippines-rodrigo-duterte-obama-putin-erdogan-dictators

      "Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte launched a bloody war on drugs that has killed more than 7,000 people, BRAGS about personally executing criminals, and has compared himself to Hitler."

      Loyal
      {giving or showing firm and constant support or allegiance to A person or institution.}
      People Remember this>

      http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/01/23/donald-trump-iowa-rally-shooting-sot.cnn

      Done Already...Mafia initiation..BraggArt...?

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    4. Anonymous10:42 AM

      Go sit and wait for him to welcome you into the whi..nuthouse, then you woll have to sign loyalty, be pushed however he wants to you,
      You think you will last with his no democracy world?
      I think not, you have free writing here, you wont if you seek his company Fool.

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  2. Anonymous4:11 AM

    Where's Pence? He should be publicly showing his loyalty and allegiance to his boss.

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  3. Anonymous4:11 AM

    Eventually even the most dim-witted people are going to start wondering what Trump and his cronies are trying to hide.

    Archie Butt

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    1. Anonymous5:39 AM

      Yep. Right after a flock of pigs fly by.

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  4. Anonymous5:04 AM

    Well gosh he only owes $ 1 billion in loans; he can make that up screwing the American taxpayers.
    ====================================
    Jared Kushner didn't disclose business ties to George Soros, Peter Thiel, and Goldman Sachs, or that he owes $1 billion in loans

    http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-ties-george-soros-goldman-sachs-peter-thiel-1-billion-loan-2017-5/

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  5. Anonymous5:05 AM

    Well gosh he only owes $ 1 billion in loans; he can make that up screwing the American taxpayers.
    ====================================
    Jared Kushner didn't disclose business ties to George Soros, Peter Thiel, and Goldman Sachs, or that he owes $1 billion in loans

    http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-ties-george-soros-goldman-sachs-peter-thiel-1-billion-loan-2017-5/

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  6. Anonymous5:13 AM

    The Pope showed that non-Christian donnie a thing or two, he sat at his desk with his back to the wall and little donnie was forced to take the non-power seat facing the wall.

    Also they met for 30 minutes, didn’t the Pope get the memo, little donnie’s attention span is 3-4 minutes.

    And why did donnie give the Pope books written by Martin Luther King Jr? He isn’t for civil rights. The Pope gave him a book on protecting the environment. It was that or a book on morality.

    Why was Melanomia (what was on her head) standing so far down the reception line and not next to her husband? I saw her turn in the direction of donnie or someone else and flash her evil eye look.

    On to Sicily, at least donnie will feel more at home, being the seat of the Mafia. Someone please give him a map, Corsica is not part of Italy.

    https://www.thelocal.it/20170524/in-pictures-donald-trump-visits-italy-rome-pope-francis-vatican-sergio-mattarella

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  7. Anonymous5:17 AM

    Met someone from Indiana yesterday who dealt with Pence. He, apparently, exceptionally stupid.

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    1. Anonymous8:30 AM

      http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/19/pence-should-be-investigated-too-prof-lichtman-commentary.html

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  8. Anonymous5:37 AM

    Who knew you could waive your ethics to work in government? It explains SO much!

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  9. Anonymous5:54 AM

    Cough, cough...cccoverup.

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  10. Anonymous6:05 AM

    Tide turning? TWO women won democratic seats, NY and NH! Special elections in Drumpf's territory. The NH seat NEVER before in history occupied by a Democrat!! Go Resistance!! The NY seat pegged as totally unwinnable by a Democrat. Won by a good bit yesterday.

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  11. Anonymous6:35 AM

    Usually a president and or family members makes money from books and speeches after they leave the White House.

    Those days are gone.

    It appears that it is looks like the current administration is changing their way of doing personal business.

    It appears the current way to run the White House is that they want to get their money now and I'm sure they will get theirs after they leave the White House.

    It appears the president's family members are peddling Green Cards or whatever it is they are peddling by offering an easy way to enter America by investing $500,000 into their family businesses.

    It appears membership fees to President Trump's Mara-A-Lago has increased substantially. So besides taxpayers paying approximately $3,000,000 for every trip to his golf club in Florida and just by owning the club and making frequent trips there, they increased their membership fees.

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  12. Anonymous7:27 AM

    So there was an NBA center name dikembe mutumbo who whenever he would block a shot would wag his finger at the other player, like don't bring that SHIT in here. That was the vision I got when I saw this headline, Walter Shaun wagging his finger at little Donnie who stands there all dejected.

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    1. It's "not in my house" In that deep voiced African accent.

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  13. Anonymous7:44 AM

    ETHIC$$$RIGHT40 "The AHCA would benefit these companies by eliminating billions of dollars in taxes and fees on pharmaceutical and medical-device manufacturers—a provision of the bill that doesn’t reflect a violation of ethics rules because it will have a broad effect across health care industries, according to ethics experts."

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/24/pro-trumpcare-republicans-owned-millions-in-health-care-stock

    "The investments may be worth as much as $39 million and grossed as much as $6 million in profits, according to the disclosure reports that require members of Congress to report investments and income within a price range."

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  14. Anonymous8:20 AM

    http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/19/pence-should-be-investigated-too-prof-lichtman-commentary.html

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  15. Anonymous8:27 AM

    http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/24/trump-failing-to-track-foreign-cash-at-his-hotels.html

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  16. Anonymous8:56 AM

    Bill Moyers:
    "$208,000.00 per person, per year at Rikers
    2X what it COST to go to Harvard."
    "out of sight, out of mind"

    https://www.facebook.com/RIKERSfilm/?fref=mentions

    Private Prison Bananza?

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    1. Anonymous11:40 AM

      Arent they living in bare minimum places?

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  17. Anonymous10:14 AM

    rIp Peckerwood Gowdy>
    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/trey-gowdy-needs-to-have-his-ass-kicked-ex-cia-agent-blasts-lawmaker-for-grandstanding-at-brennan-hearing/

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