Office of Government Ethics nixes Steve Bannon's 'unsigned and undated' retroactive ethics waiver

In May, four Democratic senators wrote a letter to the Office of Government Ethics probing the Trump administration's supposed "retroactive" waiver exempting Steve Bannon, poster child for White House dysfunction, from certain federal ethics rules. OGE director Walter Shaub had previously dismissed the notion of a "retroactive" ethics waiver; now the office has issued its formal response.

Short version: No, retroactive waivers for ethics violations that have already occurred are still not a thing....
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