Posted on 11/17/2016 6:30:23 AM PST by mandaladon
People serving in President-elect Donald Trump's administration will be banned from working as lobbyists for five years, Trump's transition team said Wednesday.
"It goes back to Mr. Trump's goal of making sure people aren't using government to enrich themselves," said Sean Spicer, the Republican National Committee's chief strategist and a member of Trump's transition team.
Spicer made the announcement on a media call, according to The Hill.
The website reported everyone appointed to Trump's administration will sign a contract that said they are not currently working as a lobbyist and will not do so within five years of leaving the administration.
NBC News reported Wednesday that Vice President-elect Mike Pence has ordered the removal of all lobbyists from Trump's transition team.
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"Just relax, it won't be Trump"
"Uhhh, would you like to super-size those fries?"
How will this be enforced?
This isn’t a bad move but it will end up being window dressing. A “lobbyist” is an ill-defined thing, and much of the same work can and is being done under other descriptions - such as “special adviser”.
The knowledge and influence that administration officials accumulate is valuable and it isn’t realistic to think those people won’t leverage those assets.
Frankly, it’s probably best for everyone if they do.
“... will be banned from working as lobbyists for five years,...”
While I was listening to the Chicago-based Dan and Amy Show this morning, they interviewed Steve Moore, possible Treasury Secretary. He mentioned it would be more like of a lifetime ban. Who knows for sure at this point?
“Well who the heck wants to go work for the govt if they cant enrich themselves from it?”
Folkds who want to make things better for we-the-people?
“Well who the heck wants to go work for the govt if they cant enrich themselves from it?”
Perhaps honest people who actually care about God, family, country and the future of those things.
“And yet the lying media can only report that the transition is struggling.”
Such great news that the country elected Trump despite the pathetic, lying media, and we’ll continue to ignore their lies as they sink further into oblivion. Looks like additional publications are headed into bankruptcy, and many have not turned the corner into the digital age. Some conservative sites are not yet fully blown sourced journalism - some are - but these liberal sites are pathetic, slanted, and push agenda, vs objective journalism.
Now we also must ignore the idiocy at Google and Facebook, as they try to strip away legit ad monies from conservative and more objective groups. They too are liars, pretending to be objective...
Umm, not that I disagree but how does the President claim any power over the employment of someone AFTER they leave government service?
I can see a ban on anyone serving who has been a lobbist in the last 5 years.
Excellent.....and maybe this can be propagated down into the state legislatures.
Recently...basically most that Chris Christi hired. ;)
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