Outgoing ethics chief accuses Reince Priebus of making explicit threat to silence his complaints a

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story


David Edwards
09 JUL 2017 AT 10:47 ET


Outgoing Director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub Jr. accused White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus of making a “fairly explicit threat” in an attempt to quell criticism of President Donald Trump’s refusal to divest from his businesses.

During a Sunday interview on ABC’s This Week, host George Stephanopoulos recalled that Priebus had warned Shaub to “be careful” speaking out after Trump announced that he would not sell his assets or place them in a blind trust as recent presidents have done.

“Did White House pressure have anything to do with your decision to resign?” Stephanopoulos asked.

“I think the fairly explicit threat from Reince Priebus really is emblematic of how the interactions with the White House have been since the beginning of this administration,” Shaub explained, adding that he was not “pushed out.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/outgoing-ethics-chief-accuses-reince-priebus-of-making-explicit-threat-to-silence-his-complaints-about-trump/

[riversedge]

1. 6 months of putting up with threats and the WH staff out do me in!!

[Leghorn21]

2. Oh, the sewer Mr. Shaub has been wading through all these endless days!! When we have re-claimed

our country, he will be installed again as head ethics guardian or better. Goddamit.

Hats off to you, Mr. Schaub - our last bastion of integrity, "ethics", and fair play has left the building...but we're bringin him back when the time is right, PRIEBUS (and your little traitor buddies -)

- - All hail Walter Schaub - -

[Honeycombe8]

3. They didn't have to push him out. They just ignored him. nt

[Hekate]

4. And make explicit threats

[ornotna]

5. Getting ready to talk about this on msnbc

Next segment.

[MrPurple]

6. I wonder why he resigned now and didn't finish out the term & gather more damning evidence

I guess his work was obviously futile and they were probably threatening to damage his career, but he could have been a thorn in their side for 6 more months until his term expired and maybe taped his calls and gathered more evidence of illegal rule breaking.

[lillypaddle]

7. I hope that these assholes

Priebus, Spicer, Pence, Sessions et al, never work a day in Washington again. Sacking groceries is too good for this pack of lying, traitorous bastards.

[DK504]

8. So the President doesn't have to put his assets into a blind trust.

" ... Priebus had warned Shaub to “be careful” speaking out after Trump announced that he would not sell his assets or place them in a blind trust as recent presidents have done. "


But if any one, except Rethuglicans, decided to do what they wanted they would have been impeached. Even President Obama get some bullshit heat over making money over his books, done years prior to becoming president. This insane double standard hypocrisy is being swept under all rugs in sight.

The idea that we have to wait until 2018 for elections, that will not come out in our favor, is insane. Exactly when did we hand the government over to the mob?

[not fooled]

9. This country

has always run on a certain level of self-imposed restraint and ethical behavior by past presidents. dump has just decided to ignore such niceties. Apparently the remedy lies with Congress, which unfortunately is also controlled by pukes. They are exploiting openings in our system of governance that previous administrations respected.

Unfortunately, with so many 'Muricans brainwashed by faux and flush, and most of the remaining media under RW corporate control and largely neutered, there is no ready means to create the type of popular revolt that would lead to change. Our remedy is at the ballot box and we have to OVERWHELM GOPee efforts to steal elections.

Any other ideas, please share.

[FSogol]

10. The world just passed an ethics expert by.