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Head of Ethicks Office is Obama donor, now concerned


Posted: Jan 16, 2017

Director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter M. Shaub donated to President Obama before his appointment and defended Hillary Clinton’s decision to not disclose paid speeches to the Clinton Foundation while she was secretary of state. A timeline compiled by the PAC America Rising of Shaub’s service at the ethics office revealed Shaub donated to Obama before his appointment in January 2013, and has a record of defending Hillary Clinton when she was a presidential candidate from ethics concerns. Shaub said it was satisfactory to not disclose the speeches—which totaled $26.4 million to the Clinton Foundation from corporations, foreign donations, and universities—because Bill Clinton was acting as an “agent” for a charity. The speeches included $500,000 Bill Clinton received for remarks before a Kremlin-tied investment bank in Moscow in 2010, while the Russians were negotiating to acquire a uranium company full of Clinton Foundation donors. The Uranium One deal was signed off by Hillary Clinton’s State Department, giving Russia control of 20 percent of uranium production capacity in the United States. Several ethics lawyers said Clinton’s failure to detail the paid speeches ran afoul of disclosure rules and the ethics agreement between the Obama administration and the Clinton Foundation to disclose foreign donations to avoid conflicts of interests. However, the “ethics mavens at the Office of Government Ethics,” run by Shaub, said the speeches were fine. Shaub now says he has “great concern” over the speed of the confirmation hearings for Trump’s nominees, sending a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) and leftwing Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), but fails to cite the speed of Cabinet confirmations was quick in 2009, as the Senate confirmed seven Cabinet nominees on President Obama’s inauguration day, with one exception. ;

Pardon the typo. - nomsg

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Rush warned that the media as well as Obama loyalists will be - going after Trump full steam ahead.

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Remember how much they hated Reagan and went after him? That was a lot of years ago and things are much more vicious and dishonest now.

Things are - more

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dishonest and vicious now because of people like Rush.

As far as Regan, he seemed like a nice man but Reganomics (trickle-down) didn't work then and it won't work now.

The GOP had the right idea in trying to get rid of this - phony duplicate office, but,

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as usual, wimped out when the Dems fought back.

FAKE - NEWS

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I'm supposed to believe this because it's on Fox News? I also saw it on other right-winged sites.

That's because the left wing sites don't report it. - It doesn't mean it's fake.

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I've noticed that here lately. Anything the left doesn't want to believe they call fake. I was almost expecting it.

Everything - about Trump

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is called fake, even when it comes right out of his mouth. Most on the left post things about Trump that are either out of his mouth or on many, many legitimate sites. There is a difference.

I found it on The Hill. That's hardly a "right-winged" site. - NM

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LOL - sm

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Watching the left call fake news everything they don't like is becoming comic relief. We sure need some laughter after the 8 years of hell we've just been through.
Unlike - Trump supporters
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we do not believe all the lies Trump used during his campaign and after. Unfortunately, none of us will be laughing when Trump and his band of thugs gets through with us. His supporters sure were gullible to all the fake news about Hillary and still do believe it.
Hillary is a corrupt career politician - Vin
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...involved in nefarious activities, all outside of Trump's purview. Her lack of trustworthiness is ultimately what failed her. Wise up or continue to expect more of the same.
and dictator Trump - isn't corrupt?
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Hillary may not be perfect but Trump is a flat out con man who rips workers and businesses off, hires foreign workers, says businesses should stop offshoring while he continues, insults everybody who doesn't agree with him and is the biggest supporter of himself. He also thinks running his business and the country would be a piece of cake. The right should wise up because we are in for a rocky road.
There is nothing fake about corruption and lying. - Truthhurts
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Emails, private server, Benghazi, Clinton Foundation...oh, and they are shutting down the Clinton Initiative because of lack of donations since the election, so...I don't want to say it, but that could be more proof of Pay for Play. Plus Podesta's emails prove some truth about the way they got trashed Bernie.

Then there's the DNC collusion between Whatshername-Schultz and Hillary against Bernie, then Donna Brazlle and Hillary with the debate questions.

Wasn't it funny that Bernie then bought a $650,000 home after he dropped out? He is the "poorest of those in Congress" only being worth 6 figures ($436,000 in 2015) while the rest are worth millions.

Even Obama will be leavinga 12x millionaire. Obama’s financial disclosure in 2015 showed a net worth between $2 million and $7 million, reported USA Today. Celebrity finance resource, however, reported that Obama’s net worth is as high as $12.2 million.

Shall I go on?

Seriously? NOT fake news. People need to learn what is fake and what is not - This is a real news article

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Just because someone does not like it does not mean it is fake.

Insert rolling eyes.

And big Trump donors - TDS

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now have important government positions.

Of course they - do

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There is a double-standard when it comes to Trump according to his followers. He is out to protect the wealthiest and needs the big money guys to help him do it. They'll cut taxes on them and cut out welfare programs that help the poor and the middle class will be stuck holding the bag. The only thing is we won't be able to stay healthy enough to keep those minimum wage jobs because we won't be able to have or afford health insurance to help keep us healthy.

Nonsense - vin

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His appointments can simply be considered as competent, successful and not rabble-rousing community agitators looking to incorporate more Marxist redistributionist ideology as govt. policy. Oh, health insurance is already unaffordable for many under the guise of the "A"CA.
And it was even - more unaffordable
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before the ACA and people with preexisting conditions were out of luck. People are scared to death right now of losing their health insurance and go back to the republican way of the rich will be able to afford it while the middle class will be out of luck. He's throwing up smoke and mirrors but has no idea what he is going to do that would be better than the ACA. All I hear is it is going to be hugely better than the ACA but no details. That's pretty much another lie like he has done pre and post election.
Health insurance - was unaffordable
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way before ACA. At least people are able to get insurance now that couldn't before. Sorry to the folks in the republican states that refused the Medicaid expansion. That's something that falls on the republican states governments. Also sad that people didn't understand that everybody has to have insurance and paid the penalties. If you don't think that's fair well part of the reason why costs go up is because we have to pay for those people who don't have insurance when they go to emergency rooms for healthcare, we always have.

National healthcare is really the answer and if Trump does that, I will personally come on here and thank him.
I agree, I cannot stand the man, BUT if he - does this I will give him kudos
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The problem is, have we ever had a candidate/presidential nominee who has been so incredibly unaccountable for his words before?

For every tweet, there is an opposite tweet on the same subject from this man, also quotes from years ago and yesterday don't often match up with what he says today. Apparently, whatever he says or does is not to be taken seriously, nor is he to be blamed if he doesn't do what he promised or really anything.

Ridiculous. More worrying is that his pick for HHS, Tom Price, seems to be about cutting Medicaid, making Medicare eligibility rise to age 67 and privatize it with vouchers, etc. Does not sound like he really agrees with Mr. Trump on this stuff, his is the hard Republican line.

So all I can hope is Trump actually follows through on this one. Not a big hope, just a small glimmer of one. Should he be able to do that one thing even those of us who have said #notmypresident would have to pause and think again.
How can you call an appointment competent - OABO
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when the appointee has NO experience in the particular field - think Ben Carson for one.

I can see some low-level agency analyst feeling like not - being allowed to donate to a political

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party is unfair - but MY GOD, this guy is ALLOWED to run the office of “ethics” and donated to Obama?

Even in Third World countries, the dictators make some effort to hide the corruption...

Our founders were not so naive, hence their limited power and - everything state/local level.

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"Ethics" in anything related to taxpayer money/power should not have a politic hack like this.

Ethics - is also

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not giving power to people who stand to gain financially from laws they create like Trump and his thugs will.

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