Trump Ethics Chief Will Resign

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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/07/white-house-ethics-director-quits-frustration-tussles-trump/ - yes a gay source but better covered their clashes

Appointed to a 5-year term as director of the Office of Government Ethics by then-President Barack Obama after serving in the George W. Bush administration, Shaub is leaving one year early to work for a non-profit that focuses on election law and campaign financing.

“The current situation has made it clear that the ethics program needs to be stronger than it is,” Shaub told NPR Thursday. “At the Campaign Legal Center, I’ll have more freedom to push for reform. I’ll also be broadening my focus to include ethics issues at all levels of government.”

Shaub has been sharply critical of the president since the election. In late November, his ethics office official Twitter handle began posting tweets that mimicked Trump’s style, exclaiming: “Brilliant! Divestiture is good for you, good for America!”

As NPR reported, Shaub also caused a stir in a January speech at the Brookings Institution, preceding Trump’s inauguration, by declaring the incoming president’s plan to avoid conflicts of interest “doesn’t meet the standards that the best of his nominees are meeting and that every president in the past four decades has met.”

Later, Shaub took presidential aide Kellyanne Conway to the woodshed for plugging Ivanka Trump’s products in a live TV interview, as CNN reported. He also raised doubts about ethics waivers that the White House granted to its own employees, including one that he called “problematic” because it wasn’t signed or dated, and seemed to offer Bannon a grandfather clause regarding his Breitbart dealings that is unheard of in government.