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Trump fires the guy in charge of Ethics who actually wants to enforce ethics rules, who upon his termination expressed concerns with the Trump Administration, and replaces that guy with this guy.

 

This fits in nicely wt Trump's involvement in his businesses, using said businesses for govt purposes, etc. From the article:

 

 

Mr. Apol has argued that the agency is often too rigid in interpreting conflict-of-interest laws, they said.

As recently as this spring, Mr. Apol had a disagreement with Walter M. Shaub Jr., the departing director, when Mr. Apol suggested that Derek T. Kan, a senior executive at Lyft, the car-sharing service, should not be required to sell his vested stock options in the company before he accepted a job at the Department of Transportation as the head of policy.

So the guy who is the head of policy in the Transportation Dept gets a pass for owning shares in a TRANSPORTATION company. Ok - nothing to see here. Move on.

Talk about Fox (animal not TV network but it would also apply to the network here in regards to Fox network favorable coverage towards Trump) guarding the hen house - this should give us chills down the spine. More yes me. This is how Hitler became Hitler.:

One early test for Mr. Apol could be a decision he must make on Anthony Scaramucci, recently named as Mr. Trump’s communications director. Mr. Scaramucci seeks a tax break that will help him save tens of millions of dollars when he sells his stake in the investment firm SkyBridge Capital.

So-called certificates of divestiture are offered to incoming federal employees as a way to make it easier for the wealthy to take government jobs without major tax consequences. But Mr. Shaub has questioned if Mr. Scaramucci is entitled to such a benefit because he had entered into a deal to sell his stake in SkyBridge before he was hired for the White House communications job.

Mr. Apol said he had not yet decided if Mr. Scaramucci should get the tax benefit.

“The test whether we issue a CD is whether or not it meets the requirements in the law,” Mr. Apol said, referring to the certificate of divestiture. “If it does, we will; if it doesn’t, we won’t.”

(TG: I wonder which way he will rule on this?? - I think we know)

In the past seven months, Mr. Apol has played a central role in making major ethics decisions related to the Trump administration, including reviewing the financial disclosure report and issuing certificates of divestiture for Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, and for other senior appointees.

Already, according to staff members at the Office of Government Ethics, Mr. Apol has advocated consulting with the White House before he issues certain policies — like one establishing rules related to legal defense funds that some Trump administration officials are setting up. He also wants to check with the White House before the office sends letters to members of Congress who have raised questions about White House ethics matters.

“Moves like this jeopardize O.G.E.’s independence,” Mr. Shaub said.

Lindsay Walters, a White House spokeswoman, said that Mr. Apol, who is serving in an acting capacity, is a positive change compared with Mr. Shaub, who often sparred with Mr. Trump.

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Just heard this on NPR this evening (All things Considered)

 

Host Kelly McEvers is interviewing Carrie Johnson, NPR's Justice Correspondent:

 

MCEVERS: This, now we know, is a major turning point for President Trump. Why is it only now, do you think, that President Trump is talking about how upset he was with Jeff Sessions doing that back in March?

JOHNSON: Well, based on the people I've been speaking with for some weeks now, President Trump's anger rolls like a stone down the mountain. So the anger has been building over time. And in fact, he was yelling at Jeff Sessions both in person and over the phone in sometimes profane conversations about Sessions' decision to recuse himself. But that only broke into public view rather recently.

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MCEVERS: But if he is fired ultimately by the president, what happens then?

JOHNSON: Well, one of the reasons some analysts in and outside the Justice Department are saying President Trump hasn't fired Jeff Sessions already is that he can't find the right person to replace Jeff Sessions at the Justice Department. And in fact, would somebody want to step down from a federal judgeship, a very safe job in the private sector, to come into this environment where the president is berating you in public, on Twitter, in press conferences and interviews with reporters? That's a tough sell for this post right now.

 

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/26/539576121/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-has-long-shown-unwavering-support-for-trump

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Didn't he say something about coming together in his acceptance speech, his inauguration speech, after Scalise was shot... sure sounds like he's trying to foster and grow that national unity...

 

Disappointing, but not surprising is all I can say.

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Just heard this on NPR this evening (All things Considered)

 

Host Kelly McEvers is interviewing Carrie Johnson, NPR's Justice Correspondent:

 

MCEVERS: This, now we know, is a major turning point for President Trump. Why is it only now, do you think, that President Trump is talking about how upset he was with Jeff Sessions doing that back in March?

JOHNSON: Well, based on the people I've been speaking with for some weeks now, President Trump's anger rolls like a stone down the mountain. So the anger has been building over time. And in fact, he was yelling at Jeff Sessions both in person and over the phone in sometimes profane conversations about Sessions' decision to recuse himself. But that only broke into public view rather recently.

[...]

MCEVERS: But if he is fired ultimately by the president, what happens then?

JOHNSON: Well, one of the reasons some analysts in and outside the Justice Department are saying President Trump hasn't fired Jeff Sessions already is that he can't find the right person to replace Jeff Sessions at the Justice Department. And in fact, would somebody want to step down from a federal judgeship, a very safe job in the private sector, to come into this environment where the president is berating you in public, on Twitter, in press conferences and interviews with reporters? That's a tough sell for this post right now.

 

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/26/539576121/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-has-long-shown-unwavering-support-for-trump

 

This is going to be an ongoing problem for Trump. The more he publicly berates his staff, the less any qualified people will want to work for him.

 

He's lagging WAY behind in nominating people for key positions, or if he's nominated them, his staff doesn't submit the proper paperwork to have them considered by the Senate.

 

It's all so dysfunctional. If you were a qualified person with a private-sector job, why would you leave that job and come work for Trump?

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Just heard this on NPR this evening (All things Considered)

 

Host Kelly McEvers is interviewing Carrie Johnson, NPR's Justice Correspondent:

 

MCEVERS: This, now we know, is a major turning point for President Trump. Why is it only now, do you think, that President Trump is talking about how upset he was with Jeff Sessions doing that back in March?

JOHNSON: Well, based on the people I've been speaking with for some weeks now, President Trump's anger rolls like a stone down the mountain. So the anger has been building over time. And in fact, he was yelling at Jeff Sessions both in person and over the phone in sometimes profane conversations about Sessions' decision to recuse himself. But that only broke into public view rather recently.

[...]

MCEVERS: But if he is fired ultimately by the president, what happens then?

JOHNSON: Well, one of the reasons some analysts in and outside the Justice Department are saying President Trump hasn't fired Jeff Sessions already is that he can't find the right person to replace Jeff Sessions at the Justice Department. And in fact, would somebody want to step down from a federal judgeship, a very safe job in the private sector, to come into this environment where the president is berating you in public, on Twitter, in press conferences and interviews with reporters? That's a tough sell for this post right now.

 

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/26/539576121/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-has-long-shown-unwavering-support-for-trump

 

This is going to be an ongoing problem for Trump. The more he publicly berates his staff, the less any qualified people will want to work for him.

 

He's lagging WAY behind in nominating people for key positions, or if he's nominated them, his staff doesn't submit the proper paperwork to have them considered by the Senate.

 

It's all so dysfunctional. If you were a qualified person with a private-sector job, why would you leave that job and come work for Trump?

 

 

I was just talking about that with a friend with regards to Tillerson. What on earth would compel someone to leave a cushy lifestyle for that dumpster fire of an administration?

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I think there was genuinely less clarity about how this was all going to go back in November. It is an honor to serve as Secretary of State.

 

I could see someone taking a position simply to have had the title, show up in the history books etc.

 

But I certainly wouldn't want to earn that title while serving under a President who sold out to our country's greatest foreign adversary.

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