(Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM/The National Law Journal)Norman Eisen, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, was the chief White House ethics lawyer for President Obama from 2009 to 2011. He is chairman of Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in WashingtonRichard Painter, a professor of law at the University of Minnesota, was the chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007. Norman Eisen, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, was the chief White House ethics lawyer from 2009 to 2011 and is the chair of CREW. that every president in the last four decades has met.”How does the Trump plan fall short? If the White House chief of staff had made these kinds of threats against the head of OGE when we were serving in the White House, we would have resigned immediately.

Source: Washington Post January 16, 2017 20:15 UTC