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Ethics office calls on White House to discipline Conway
thehill.com ^ | 2/14/17 | Jonathan Easley

Posted on 02/14/2017 1:29:27 PM PST by ColdOne

Go buy Ivanka's stuff, is what I would tell you. ... I hate shopping but I'm going to go get some for myself today,” Conway said. “I'm going to give it a free commercial here, go buy it today.”

That provoked an outcry from Democrats who have long alleged that the first family is seeking to personally profit off the White House. Ethics groups also filed complaints alleging impropriety.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) described Conway’s remarks as “over the line” and “unacceptable.” He and ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) wrote a joint letter to the OGE seeking guidance.

On Tuesday, the OGE responded with the letter to Passantino, Chaffetz, Cummings and Don McGahn, the counsel to the president, saying that Conway’s remarks were a clear violation of Standards of Conduct implemented under former President George H.W. Bush that prohibit government employees from misusing their official positions.

“Executive branch officials should use the authority entrusted to them for the benefit of the American people and not for private profit,” Schaub wrote.

“These facts, if true, would establish a clear violation of the prohibition against misuse of position. I note that the OGE’s regulation on misuse of position offers as an example the hypothetical case of a presidential appointee appearing in a television commercial to promote a product. Ms. Conway’s actions track that example almost exactly. Therefore, I recommend that the White House investigate Ms. Conway’s actions and consider taking disciplinary action against her.”

Spicer has said that Conway “has been counseled” on the matter, an apparent indication she had been reprimanded.

In an interview last Thursday on CNN, Conway said she’d spoken with Trump about the incident and that the president stands behind her “100 percent.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: investigatekellyanne; ivankabrand; kellyanne
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To: ColdOne

Jason Chaffetz may fool his mormon friends, but he will never fool me. This POS is on the other side.


21 posted on 02/14/2017 1:48:27 PM PST by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~)
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To: LouisianaJoanof Arc

Agreed.


22 posted on 02/14/2017 1:49:32 PM PST by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~)
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To: Gator113

Good grief....he is mormon too?


23 posted on 02/14/2017 1:49:33 PM PST by ColdOne (( miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: ColdOne

So “discipline” Conway.
No recess for a week.

What does Elijah Cummings suggest?
Stoning? Whipping?

Maybe the Cercei Lannister walk of shame?


24 posted on 02/14/2017 1:49:48 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Dr. Ursus

When the democrat president is attacked democrats circle the wagons to defend him.
They put up a solid front and thumb their noses at the rest of the world.

When the republican president is attacked there are always republicans who join in to help the democrats.
They don’t want to seem biased or ungentlemanly.


25 posted on 02/14/2017 1:50:28 PM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: ColdOne

“Ethics” in the District of Corruption. ROTFLMAO! Never happen.


26 posted on 02/14/2017 1:50:43 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
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To: ColdOne

Eight years of the most evil corrupt administration since Clinton and the ‘Ethics Office’ decides to spout off over THIS?

Drain the swamp along with the Democrat Ethics Office!

Bullshit to the extreme!


27 posted on 02/14/2017 1:50:56 PM PST by HomerBohn (Shove a slinky down the stairs, then a leftist. Both actions will bring smiles to your face.)
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To: ColdOne

Send her to her room without supper.


28 posted on 02/14/2017 1:51:11 PM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: ColdOne

Time to primary Chaffetz. Obviously, he has gone over to the Dark Side. Funny nobody worried about “ethics” when the Bonzo regime was in power. FUJC


29 posted on 02/14/2017 1:53:33 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
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To: ColdOne

I thought it was a pretty funny remark. Don’t these people have a sense of humor?


30 posted on 02/14/2017 1:53:36 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Doogle
...and Odungo didn’t profit from his book while in the White Hut?

Yes he did. But do you recall an instance of him or his staff suggesting the public go buy his book?

Lets compare apples with apples.

31 posted on 02/14/2017 1:54:02 PM PST by upchuck (Voter fraud is like an iceberg. 90% of it cannot be seen.)
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To: silverleaf
What does Elijah Cummings suggest?
Stoning? Whipping?

President Trump's immediate resignation. That's what they all want and what we need to understand.

32 posted on 02/14/2017 1:54:06 PM PST by Drew68
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To: nikos1121

No she shouldn’t resign, but she should face some sort of punishment it was a clear violation even if it was understandable.


33 posted on 02/14/2017 1:55:29 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: ColdOne

Really? THIS is what they are worried about?

Same ole shit different day. Sure didn’t take em long.


34 posted on 02/14/2017 1:56:09 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: mfish13

President Trump should respond with The Middle Finger Salute!

Then say he’ll discipline Conway the week after Saint Hillary arrives in her jail cell.


35 posted on 02/14/2017 1:56:21 PM PST by Mr Rogers
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To: HamiltonJay

Let those without sin cast the first stone...


36 posted on 02/14/2017 1:58:06 PM PST by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: ColdOne

Tell ethics to stuff it.


37 posted on 02/14/2017 1:58:40 PM PST by mulligan
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To: All

Illegal aliens flooding our country...Blacks killing at ahuge pace in Chicago...Muslim murders and rapes...Riots on our streets....

And these numbnuts in Congress are “concerned” about KellyAnne Conway saying something about a clothing line???


38 posted on 02/14/2017 2:01:48 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: ColdOne
I can't believe Jason Chaffetz sided with Cummings over this......(here is something they should really pay attention to.....)
39 posted on 02/14/2017 2:03:11 PM PST by yoe
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To: ColdOne


Eleanor Roosevelt advertises the airline industry.
40 posted on 02/14/2017 2:03:43 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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