Government Ethics Office Tells White House To Punish Kellyanne Conway For Hawking Ivanka’s Company

The Hill reports:

The director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) says White House counselor Kellyanne Conway misused her official position by hawking Ivanka Trump’s product line on TV and recommends the White House punish her.

“Under the present circumstances, there is strong reason to believe that Ms. Conway has violated the Standards of Conduct Act and that disciplinary action is warranted,” Walter Schaub wrote in a Tuesday letter to White House legal counselor Stefan Passantino.

Schaub asked the White House to respond by Feb. 28 with the results of its investigation and any disciplinary action it may decide to take. “I recommend the White House investigate Ms. Conway’s actions and consider taking disciplinary action against her,” he wrote.

#BREAKING: U.S. Office of Government Ethics Calls on White House to Discipline #KellyanneConway pic.twitter.com/nixmDhMc6Q

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“Executive branch officials should use the authority entrusted to them for the benefit of the American people and not for private profit.”

— House OversightDems (@OversightDems) February 14, 2017

“There is strong reason to believe that Ms. Conway has violated the Standards of Conduct and that disciplinary action is warranted.”

— House OversightDems (@OversightDems) February 14, 2017

“I recommend that the White House investigate Ms. Conway’s actions and consider taking disciplinary action” by Feb. 28

— House OversightDems (@OversightDems) February 14, 2017