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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So Michelle gushing over her girls in J Crew was ok?
Is this a new office that has just been established in the past month? Cuz we haven’t heard squat from them the past eight years.
I’m surprised the Congressional establishment Republicans haven’t started impeachment hearings over this.
This OGE—We heard a lot from them during the Obama Administration, no?
Sounds kind of dangerous.
The side of her house might cave in from all the surreptitious food deliveries by her adoring Deplorable army...
I heard Feb 28th...
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