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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 11:20 AM Jan 2017

Kellyanne Conway defends GOP gutting of ethics panel: 'Consumers' have been filing too many...

Kellyanne Conway defends GOP gutting of ethics panel: ‘Consumers’ have been filing too many complaints

TRAVIS GETTYS
03 JAN 2017 AT 08:47 ET

Kellyanne Conway denied that House Republicans placing the congressional ethics watchdog under their control had violated Donald Trump’s campaign promise to “drain the swamp.”

Conway, who ran Trump’s campaign and now serves as a senior advisor, complained Tuesday morning on “Today” that the Office of Congressional Ethics had been “overzealous” in investigating “consumer complaints” since its creation in 2008.

“If a constituent has a complaint, they can still lodge that complaint,” Conway said. “They just can’t do it anonymously.”

Conway said lawmakers and their staffers who had been investigated by the office complained that their right to due process had been violated, although she didn’t offer additional explanation.

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Kellyanne Conway defends GOP gutting of ethics panel: 'Consumers' have been filing too many... (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2017 OP
So will the get rid of Yelp greymattermom Jan 2017 #1
My Aunt told me. Turbineguy Jan 2017 #2
I remember those days too WhiteTara Jan 2017 #13
That's all they need to do. trotsky Jan 2017 #3
Maybe Trump doesn't like the idea greymattermom Jan 2017 #4
Even Trump knows it looks bad n/t flamingdem Jan 2017 #5
He also knows that he can say it looks bad PRETZEL Jan 2017 #8
True, it's all a game now flamingdem Jan 2017 #9
She talks like it's the Better Business Bureau handling ad complaints pinboy3niner Jan 2017 #6
She also said "there will be consequences" for people who criticized Trump. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #12
vaguely bluecollar2 Jan 2017 #15
Name the complaints and name the lawmakers and staff members who have been offended. chelsea0011 Jan 2017 #7
You Kidding?!?!? ProfessorGAC Jan 2017 #11
That explanation makes no sense at all. Check out this article about government ethics. Arkansas Granny Jan 2017 #10
And Trump promptly proved her wrong question everything Jan 2017 #14

PRETZEL

(3,245 posts)
8. He also knows that he can say it looks bad
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 11:42 AM
Jan 2017

all he wants. He has no control over what they do. And until he's sworn in, it's just words.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
6. She talks like it's the Better Business Bureau handling ad complaints
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 11:34 AM
Jan 2017

Cheap trick to delegitimize the only nonpartisan ethics oversight body.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
12. She also said "there will be consequences" for people who criticized Trump.
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 12:30 PM
Jan 2017

said they were keeping a list of those people.

Remember that????

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)
7. Name the complaints and name the lawmakers and staff members who have been offended.
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 11:36 AM
Jan 2017

That's all. And let's see what the issue is. This is something that the media could easily look up.

ProfessorGAC

(65,044 posts)
11. You Kidding?!?!?
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 11:52 AM
Jan 2017

The lawmakers get to be anonymous. It's only the plebians who have to fear reprisal.

And, BTW: Overzealous! She's complaining about a governmental department too interested in doing their job???? Well, isn't that special.

Arkansas Granny

(31,517 posts)
10. That explanation makes no sense at all. Check out this article about government ethics.
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 11:48 AM
Jan 2017
https://oce.house.gov/learn/citizens-guide/

The Office of Congressional Ethics acts pretty much as a screening panel to decide if issues should or should not be forwarded to the House Committee on Ethics. The OCE is an independent, non-partisan entity. Board members are private citizens, cannot work as lobbyists or be employed by the federal government and must agree not to run for federal office.

The House Committee on Ethics is comprised of House members and can only review complaints made by members of Congress, not the public.

This whole affair stinks to high heaven.
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