The documents were made public in response to a demand by the Office of Government Ethics for details on how the Trump administration is enforcing the ethics policies. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyOne unexpected outcome was proof that the Obama administration, despite a much touted promise to make all of its ethics waivers public, stopped providing them to the Office of Government Ethics. In total, 17 of the 27 waivers he is making public were granted during the final months of the Obama administration. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Trump’s ethics executive order adopted language first written by the Obama administration. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyA spokesman for the United States trade representative, in a statement, said Mr. Vaughn was following the rules.

Source: New York Times June 07, 2017 16:19 UTC