Trump Just Fired the Most Important Person You've Never Heard Of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WNMZLMtv34

Walter Shaub Wants You To Fight For An Ethical Democracy (On Point)

For decades, Walter Shaub advised presidential candidates about transparency, ethics and how to avoid conflicts of interest. We talk to Shaub about how he ran the Office of Government Ethics and the future of ethics in government.
Interview:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/02/18/walter-shaub-ethics

Wilbur Ross' financial disclosure rejected by federal ethics agency - CNN Politics

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated his ethics agreement and submitted a financial disclosure form that "was not accurate," according to the Office of Government Ethics. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/politics/wilbur-ross-financial-disclosure/index.html

Former ethics chief: Trump's Saturday morning Flynn tweet should be enough to end his presidency -- Raw Story

Walter Shaub -- former director of the U.S. Office of Ethics and Government -- hit President Donald Trump hard in a tweet on Saturday after Trump said that everything disgraced national security adviser Mike Flynn did during the presidential transition was "lawful." ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/former-ethics-chief-trumps-saturday-morning-flynn-tweet-should-be-enough-to-end-his-presidency/

Office of Government Ethics head: America is 'pretty close to a laughingstock at this point'

Outgoing Office of Government Ethics head Walter Shaub has made it loud and clear that he's resigning due to the agency's inability to enforce much of anything in the face of the ethics-averse Donald Trump. He will be departing explicitly to advocate for stronger ethics laws from outside the government.

Trump's behavior is costing the nation, Shaub says: To the international community, "I think we are pretty close to a laughingstock at this point."...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1681429

Outgoing Ethics Chief: U.S. Is ‘Close to a Laughingstock’ -- The New York Times

Walter M. Shaub Jr., the departing head of the Office of Government Ethics, said actions by President Trump and his administration had created a historic ethics crisis.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/politics/walter-shaub-ethics.html

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....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1671861

In epic letter, investment fund fires law firm for enabling the Trump kleptocracy

The Wallace Global Fund is sick of pretending.

In a scathing letter, the investment fund fired its elite law firm, Morgan Lewis, for its role in enabling Donald Trump to use the presidency to line his pockets.

In January, Morgan Lewis partner Sheri Dillon publicly signed off on Trump’s plan to maintain ownership of his business empire while president. Instead, Dillon established a variety of measures that fell “well short of the steps recommended by the Office of Government Ethics.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/investment-fund-fires-lawyers-trump-kleptocracy-a20e5312c989

Republican congressman meets the resistance at raucous Utah town hall (ThinkProgress.org)

Rep. Jason Chaffetz got an earful Thursday night. ...
https://thinkprogress.org/republican-congressman-meets-the-resistance-at-raucous-utah-town-hall-63fa2af0f786#.ak44xc3h1

Gov't Ethics Chief Warned Trump Cabinet Staffing Process Was 'Unprecedented' (TPM)

The director of the Office of Government Ethics warned President Donald Trump against announcing cabinet appointments without first having them vetted by his office, according to records obtained by NBC News and The James Madison Project under a Freedom of Information request....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/office-government-ethics-trump-cabinet-staffing-process-unprecedented

Trump’s bogus plan to avoid conflicts of interest, explained

He is still on track to violate the Constitution on his first day in office....
https://thinkprogress.org/trumps-bogus-plan-to-avoid-conflicts-of-interest-explained-a435ac103a72#.rjh7naf7l

Office Of Government Ethics Director Blasts Trump Plan: 'Wholly Inadequate'

In an extraordinary move, the director of the Office of Government Ethics publicly criticized Trump’s plan to separate his business interests from his presidential tenure, saying the plan Trump announced Wednesday at a news conference “doesn’t meet the standards” that other presidents, or even some of Trump’s nominees, had met.

"I wish circumstances were different and I didn't feel the need to make public remarks today,” Walter Shaub Jr. said Wednesday, according to the Associated Press....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/office-of-government-ethics-director-criticizes-trump-business-plan

Trump’s team got a guide to running an ethical transition. They ignored it. (Vox)

Trump was the least transparent candidate in modern history. His Cabinet nominees are following in his footsteps. ...
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/10/14215074/trump-confirmation-hearings-ethics