Complaints About Propaganda Minister Kellyanne Conway Crash All Systems At Government Ethics Office

The Hill reports:

The Office of Government Ethic’s website has been down for several hours on Thursday after it reported a surge in contacts from members of the public. The office tweeted that the “website, phone system and email system are receiving an extraordinary volume of contacts from citizens about recent events.”

While the office didn’t offer a reason for the surge in contact from the public, its high-volume web traffic comes after a left-leaning watchdog group filed a complaint to the ethics office asking the government to investigate comments from senior White House aide Kellyanne Conway promoting Ivanka Trump’s designer line.

1/OGE’s website, phone system and email system are receiving an extraordinary volume of contacts from citizens about recent events.

— U.S. OGE (@OfficeGovEthics) February 9, 2017

2/OGE works to prevent ethics violations. OGE does not have investigative or enforcement authority.

— U.S. OGE (@OfficeGovEthics) February 9, 2017

3/Congress, GAO, the FBI, Inspectors General, and the Office of Special Counsel have the authority to conduct investigations.

— U.S. OGE (@OfficeGovEthics) February 9, 2017

4/ When OGE learns of possible ethics violations, OGE contacts the agency, provides guidance & asks them to notify OGE of any action taken.

— U.S. OGE (@OfficeGovEthics) February 9, 2017

5/OGE is actively following this agency-contact process.

— U.S. OGE (@OfficeGovEthics) February 9, 2017