Trump Fires Top Ethics Official Overseeing Conflicts of Interest
- Dismissal marks yet another removal of an oversight officer
- Office of Government Ethics clashed with Trump in first term
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President Donald Trump has fired the head of the federal Office of Government Ethics, which oversees disclosure and potential conflicts of interest involving top government officials, according to a post on the agency’s blog.
David Huitema, an appointee of President Joe Biden, was confirmed as director of the agency by the US Senate in November to a five-year term without a single Republican vote. The agency’s chief of staff, Shelley Finlayson, will resume her role as acting director of the agency, the blog post said.