Inside the 'secret corruption' during the Trump administration -- from the former president's own ethics chiefDonald Trump's former ethics czar saw some "horrifying" violations before he was shut out by the administration.
Walter Shaub, who was appointed director of the United States Office of Government Ethics during the Obama administration and spent nine months in the same role under Trump, told The Daily Beast's "New Abnormal" podcast that ethical breaches were big and plentiful under the former president.
"The worst thing was President Trump's failure to divest his conflicting financial interests, which he then made worse by promoting those financial interests aggressively using the presidency," Shaub said.
Members of the administration also used "secret waivers" as "get-out-of-jail-free" cards, but no one could ever produce those cards for Shaub.
"The secret of the secret waivers was that there were no secret waivers," he said. "They were just letting people break the rules."
https://www.rawstory.com/walter-shaub-ethics/Trump blasted for 'chilling' new rant: 'This statement is an act of war against America'Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former president, on Thursday issued what is being called a "chilling" statement on the election and the insurrection he incited.
"The insurrection took place on November 3, Election Day. January 6 was the Protest!" Trump said in a statement released Thursday afternoon.
Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh simply and clearly calls it an "act of war."
@WalshFreedom "This statement is an act of war against America. ANY Republican who does not publicly rebuke this statement must be defeated. ANY Republican"U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) during debate on the House floor has "repeatedly" been "calling on Republicans to denounce the Trump statement," according to reporter Jamie Dupree.
@jamiedupree "In debate on the January 6 investigation today on the House floor, Democrats are repeatedly bringing up this new statement from Donald Trump. Rep. Jim Clyburn D-SC says the "Big Lie" is just like the "Lost Cause" after the Civil War.""All my colleagues were elected on November 3," McGovern said. "If you believe that Election Day was an insurrection, then your election results are illegitimate."
McGovern is not the only one to blast the Trump statement:
Some journalists are also slamming the former president's latest remarks.
S.V. Dáte, the White House correspondent at HuffPost weighed in, saying, "Donald Trump tried to overthrow American democracy after he lost his election by 7 million votes, but nearly a year later, he's still lying. About all of it."
Washington Post national political reporter Felicia Sonmez called it a "chilling statement … that makes clear his stance on peaceful democracy vs. violent insurrection."
Washington Post White House bureau chief Ashley Parker pointed to the statement and said: "In which Trump's shamelessness continues to be his political super power."
ProPublica Senior Reporter Peter Elkind says: "This is the position of the widely embraced leader of the GOP. Republicans all behind that?"
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