Ethics

Trump hotel is ground zero for conflict-of-interest concerns

By Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press

Trump's lease with the federal government to develop and operate a hotel inside the historic Old Post Office building expressly prohibits any elected official from benefiting from the property.

House Republican summons ethics chief over his criticism of Trump

By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press

House Republicans have shown no inclination to challenge President-elect Donald Trump on ethics matters. Instead, they are going after federal ethics official who questioned Trump's potential conflicts of interest.

U.S. ethics chief blasts Trump plan to keep business profits

By Stephen Braun, Associated Press

The director of the federal government's ethics agency criticised president-elect Donald Trump's plan to maintain his business empire by turning it over to his sons.

With inauguration looming, Trump continues to control hundreds of companies

By Michael D. Regan and Julie Bykowicz and Chad Day, Associated Press

Ethics experts have called for the president-elect to sell off his assets and place his investments in a blind trust.

Ethics agency has ‘great concern’ about confirmations before reviews are cleared

By Lisa Desjardins

Several of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominees have not yet completed the required ethics review process.

House Republicans drop bid to gut ethics board

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

House Republicans found themselves under attack not only from Democrats, but from their new president, over their secretive move to neuter the independent Office of Congressional Ethics.

Trump slams House GOP for gutting ethics office

By Donna Cassata, Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump criticized House Republicans Tuesday for voting to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, arguing that tax reform and health care should be higher priorities.

Investments by Trump’s HHS pick raise questions over conflict of interest

By Sheila Kaplan, STAT

Trump's nominee to be secretary of health and human services, Rep. Tom Price, could have conflicts of his own.

Why conflict of interest rules apply differently to the president

By Julie Bykowicz, Mark Sherman, Associated Press

When it comes to ethics, not all government employees are regulated equally. What's a serious matter for a second-term congressman with a small business has no equivalent for a president with a multibillion-dollar empire.