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Then, shortly after 10 a.m., came the loudest objection of all: A pair of tweets from President-elect Donald Trump scolding Congress for making the weakening of the ethics watchdog its "number one act and priority". He punctuated his second tweet with the hashtag "DTS" — shorthand for "drain the swamp," one of his campaign-trail mantras.
Earlier in the day, responding to numerous news reports about Republicans gutting the OCE, Trump asked in a tweet whether Republicans really had to make the "weakening" of the ethics office their first order of business, though he also didn't necessarily come out against the idea of eventually overhauling the OCE.
Earlier in the day, responding to numerous news reports about Republicans gutting the OCE, Trump asked in a tweet whether Republicans really had to make the "weakening" of the ethics office their first order of business, though he also didn't necessarily come out against the idea of eventually overhauling the OCE.
Trump did not criticize the act of weakening ethics oversight, so for that reason alone, the implication that he struck a blow for the cause of good government is itself deeply misleading, particularly at a time when Trump is under intense fire for failing to take his own conflicts of interest seriously.
Meanwhile the full House needs to revisit the 1997 rules revisions that expanded secrecy and foreclosed the filing of ethics complaints by citizens, thereby weakening an already weak ethics process.
The about-face came hours after Trump took to Twitter to slam House Republicans for voting behind closed doors Monday night in favor of immediately weakening the independent ethics office.
The edge of ethics.
Upholding the code of ethics.
"He violated the code of ethics.
The accounting ethics module emphasizes codified principles of ethics and professional behavior in accounting.
Gingrich found guilty of ethics violations.
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