Trump Aide Says Ethics Chief Should ‘Be Careful’ in Comments

  • Priebus says ethics head Shaub becoming ‘extremely political’
  • Incoming White House chief of staff speaks on ABC ‘This Week’
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Donald Trump’s incoming chief of staff warned that the top U.S. ethics official “ought to be careful” after publicly criticizing the president-elect’s plan to step down from leading his businesses while keeping his ownership interests.

“That person is becoming extremely political,” incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said Sunday on ABC’sBloomberg Terminal “This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” about Walter Shaub Jr., director of the Office of Government Ethics.