Federal Ethics Agency Site Crashes on Day Trump Adviser Plugs Ivankas Duds

[Arkansas Granny]

Source: NBC News

It may be a sign of the Trump times.

The website of the Office of Government Ethics, or OGE — a federal agency whose job it is to help presidents and the executive branch avoid conflict of interests — crashed Thursday because of "an extraordinary volume of contacts from citizens about recent events."

While the OGE didn't specify the "recent events" in the five tweets it posted on its Twitter feed, the computer crash came as President Donald Trump's trusted counselor was hit with criticism for plugging Ivanka Trump's clothing line on a television show.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-ethics-agency-site-crashes-day-trump-adviser-plugs-ivanka-n719111

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-ethics-agency-site-crashes-day-trump-adviser-plugs-ivanka-n719111

[barbtries]

1. i kinda think

you can just say Conway in the same way you can say trump, spicer, or bannon, and people will know it's a trump advisor.

[James48]

2. Gov Ethics Office website overwhelmed

and phone system unusable all day from citizens calling-

OGE doesn't investigate- that is up to the Agency/ (President's office) to do.

OGE just tracks.

Details and a much better article here:

"Kellyanne Conway’s Plug for Ivanka's Fashion Line Draws Fire, Crashes Ethics Office Website"
by Charles S. Clark, Govexec.com


http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2017/02/kellyanne-conways-plug-ivanka-draws-fire-crashes-ethics-office-website/135310/?oref=top-story

[Ms. Toad]

3. Tee hee . . .

I added two complaints to the pile - one yesterday and one this morning

[Abouttime]

4. She should be jailed over this

Use Conway as an example, put her in jail, throw the book at her.