FCC chair declines CPAC gun award for 'courage under fire'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY HARPER NEIDIG - 03/02/18 10:42 AM EST

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai declined to accept a gun award from the NRA and the American Conservative Union that was presented to him at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference.

Spokesmen for the FCC and the ACU both confirmed to The Hill that Pai had turned down the award, which came in the form of a handmade rifle, after consulting with agency ethics officials.

“As you know, once my staff became aware of what was happening, they asked backstage that the musket not be presented to me to ensure that this could be first discussed with and vetted by career ethics attorneys in the FCC’s Office of General Counsel,” Pai wrote in letters to the NRA and ACU on Thursday, according to Politico, which first reported the news.

“Therefore, upon their counsel, I must respectfully decline the award,” he continued. “I have also been advised by the FCC’s career ethics attorneys that I would not be able to accept the award upon my departure from government service.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/376433-fcc-chair-declines-cpac-gun-award-for-courage-under-fire

[riversedge]

1. Took you a WEEK!! Ajit Pai You had to dust off your ethics bone!

[FailureToCommunicate]

2. His internet connection was still "loading"

[justhanginon]

4. That's funny and apropos!

[BumRushDaShow]

6. DUzy!!!

[riversedge]

7. Good one.

[njhoneybadger]

3. We need to turn those maternal humpers into pariahs

[Beartracks]

5. Did he turn it down because it's a gift? Or...

... because the NRA is suddenly just bad PR?

That is , would he have accepted if they were just giving him a plaque?

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[riversedge]

8. Pai had to consult with his ethics officials. He had no ethics to make up his own mind.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/01/fccs-aji-pai-declines-nra-gun-award-381975

....Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Thursday turned down an NRA gun award he received at the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, citing the advice of ethics officials at his agency.