John Bolton runs into potential ethics issues before he becomes Trumps national security advisor
Source: CNBC
John Bolton, who is days away from becoming President Donald Trump's national security advisor, has been meeting with White House attorneys about possible conflicts of interest, CNBC has learned.
The exact sticking points for Bolton are unclear, but ethics experts say the appearance of a possible future role for Bolton with an entity such as a political action committee could be a cause for concern for White House officials. Bolton's PAC and super PAC, which are no longer receiving or spending capital, have been financial players in the early going of the midterm election cycle.
White House lawyers and Bolton continue to discuss and review any potential conflicts of interests for the former U.N. ambassador, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told CNBC on the condition of anonymity. A spokesman for Bolton, however, said that there haven't been any issues.
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(11,841 posts)louis-t
(23,295 posts)Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)BREMPRO
(2,331 posts)i remember that was the reason trump balked on picking him in the first place... not his actual qualifications..
joshdawg
(2,648 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)Maddow's opening segment delved into it. There are memos the Brits got from CA discussing the "Bolton data", presumably data his PACs used in developing their spending and political targeting. Further, it appears that Bolton was in on the ground floor of CA's "psy-ops" targeting program and was primarily funded by Robert Mercer.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)of couse that's just who Dirty Donny* wants to help him piss on America.
* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief