That pledge has now been handed over to lawyers for the presidential transition who are drafting new rules for the Biden White House that are likely to be more restrictive than the rules that governed the Obama administration. Biden has made clear that he wants a clean break from Trump, who employed his family and spent public funds at family businesses. “President-elect Biden is committed to leading an administration of the highest ethical standards.”The potential family conflicts, both with Biden and his top White House advisers, are more extensive than the Obama White House confronted. Biden’s chief campaign strategist, Mike Donilon, who will become a White House senior adviser, and Cathy Russell, the incoming White House director of personnel, have a different family conflict. The family firm where he also works provides both funding and mentorship for developing health-care ideas and counts 24 projects on its website that have a direct interest in covid-19 response.

Source: Washington Post December 14, 2020 11:00 UTC