White House Parries OGE's Request For Probe Into Conway's Ivanka Promo

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By ESME CRIBB Published MARCH 1, 2017, 12:37 PM EDT

Under pressure from the Office of Government Ethics, the Trump White House has formally responded to OGE's request for an investigation into comments President Donald Trump's top advisor Kellyanne Conway made promoting Ivanka Trump's clothing and accessories line.

The White House's response: It was an accident, it won't happen again and that's the end of that.

The White House's conclusions came in a letter from a White House lawyer to the OGE. It concluded Conway acted "without nefarious motive or intent to benefit personally." CNN first reported Wednesday on the letter, which was dated Feb. 28, 2017.

"Upon completion of our inquiry, we concluded that Ms. Conway acted inadvertently and is highly unlikely to do so again," White House deputy counsel for compliance and ethics Stefan C. Passantino wrote in the letter. "Ms. Conway made the statement in question in a light, off-hand manner while attempting to stand up for a person she believed had been unfairly treated."

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-responds-oge-request-for-investigation-kellyanne-ivanka

[luvMIdog]

1. of course this is to be expected on any f'king thing they do

We are living in a large Banana Republic

[Achilleaze]

2. IOKIYAR

White Power House: Our Republican comrades are 'special'

[logosoco]

3. "highly unlikely to do so again"

only because she got called out on it.
She stood up for someone? Asking people, (and I imagine most of the people in this country cannot afford to buy Ivanka's wares), to buy this product is okay IF YOU AREN'T PART OF THE FACE OF THE US FED GOVERNMENT! They don't get this concept. There are hundreds if not thousands of clothing and perfume designers in this country, if you want to be the President, you can't play favorites and you have to take it if the populous decides they don't want to buy it if there is one you prefer!

[yallerdawg]

4. "We asked her, and our employee is just fine."

This is why "draining the swamp" is such a laugh line!

[Sunlei]

5. she is supposed to be speaking for her employer, the Republican. Don't they tell her what to say?

Or is our government so sloppy & disorganized Republicans don't care their 'spokesman' is a dipso independent rogue? on official record?