CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/LEGAL/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Being so closely associated with the President of the United States might be serving Ivanka Trump’s brand for the better, but a California retailer thinks such an advantage crosses into the category of illegal competition. Modern Appealing Clothing, a family-owned boutique selling lines like Dries Van Noten and Comme des Garçons […]
Category: Ethics
3/09/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/TRUMP PEOPLE/IVANKA/KELLYANNE CONWAY: “The Office of Government Ethics isn’t happy with the White House’s decision not to punish top aide Kellyanne Conway for plugging Ivanka Trump’s products in a TV interview. OGE Director Walter Shaub told the White House in a letter Thursday [3-9-17] that he remains concerned with Conway’s ‘misuse of position.’… […]
3/08/2017
ETHICS/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE/MONICA CROWLEY: “Monica Crowley backed away from a top national security spot for Donald Trump after plagiarism reports surfaced in January. She has now spoken publicly for the first time during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. In doing so, Crowley called herself a victim of a ‘political hit job.’ Controversy arose when […]
2/19/2017
CABINET/ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The Trump administration has struggled with ethics vetting for Cabinet nominees and faced criticism for the president’s decision to remain invested in his business empire. When Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, prepared to enter the White House, however, the administration sought to do it by the book. That is the picture […]
2/14/2017
ETHICS/LEGAL/ERWIN CHEMERINSKY: “[Erwin] Chemerinsky is something of an icon in the field of Constitutional law. Now, making news as one of a team of lawyers from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington – CREW – suing President Donald Trump for allegedly violating the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause, Chemerinsky is facing an unusual opportunity. There is no […]
2/14/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP PEOPLE/KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “The White House adviser Kellyanne Conway’s public endorsement of Ivanka Trump’s product line appears to be ‘a clear violation of the prohibition against misuse of position,’ and she should be disciplined, the federal government’s chief ethics watchdog wrote this week in a letter to the White House. Although President Trump’s press […]
2/9/2017
BUSINESS/ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump seems to be caught in the jaws of this divide. It’s hard to separate her clothing line from her father’s hard-line politics. Millennial women are less inclined to shop Ivanka’s look as an ugly election turns into an even more divisive presidency. And the campaign to boycott all Trump-related businesses aren’t […]
1/28/2017
ETHICS/LOBBYING/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and sections 3301 and 7301 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. […]