White House Waivers Let Trump Appointees Work With Past Clients
- Kellyanne Conway OK’d to work with ‘advocacy, trade’ groups
- Staffers plucked from RNC can talk ‘broad policy’ with party
Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Bannon return to the White House on April 18, 2017, in Washington.
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President Donald J. Trump’s White House granted 14 waivers of its ethics rules, including to top advisers on politics and energy issues, allowing them to weigh in on matters that could affect their own financial interests and those of their former employers and clients, according to documents the administration released today.
The waivers, issued by the White House Counsel’s office, allow administration appointees to take part in decisions from which federal ethics rules and Trump’s own policies would require them to recuse.