After Trump rebuke, federal ethics chief called to testify before House lawmakers

[DonViejo]

By Lisa Rein, Tom Hamburger and Mike DeBonis January 12 at 11:45 PM

House Republicans have summoned the head of the independent federal ethics office to answer questions about his agency and his public criticism of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to separate from his real estate empire.

A letter sent late Thursday from Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the GOP-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, was viewed by ethics experts as a veiled threat to the budget of the Office of Government Ethics unless its director changes his rhetoric and approach.

The letter to Walter Shaub Jr., director of the Office of Government Ethics, asks him to appear before lawmakers in a closed-door, transcribed interview. Shaub is not being subpoenaed, but was asked to respond to questions in a setting much like a deposition, committee staff said.

“I want to talk about the whole department,” Chaffetz said in an interview. “Mr. Shaub has taken a very aggressive stance on issues he’s never looked at. He’s raised a bunch of eyebrows.”

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[spanone]

1. Jason Chaffetz....pos

[uponit7771]

4. +1

[world wide wally]

2. Looks like the GOP has declared an all out "war on ethics"

And skeptical sure you refer to it as such.

[shraby]

3. Not just an all out war on ethics, an all out war on anyone who dares criticize trump.

Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

[uponit7771]

5. +1

[myrna minx]

7. The GOP's "War on Ethics" has a *very* good ring to it.

I think you've started a very good rallying cry.

[Kingofalldems]

6. Fascism.

[BSdetect]

8. The horror has begun

These people have no ethical foundation whatsoever. None.

What will it take to get deplorables angry about these ridiculous attempts to impose a dictatorship?