The administration’s commerce chief remained under fresh scrutiny in the wake of the ethics watchdog’s refusal to certify his financial disclosure, a rare rebuke that highlighted sloppy reporting and the ever-present Trump-era suspicion that conflicts of interest were being waved through instead of handled. On March 14, the Ross story was less a new explosion than a reminder that the administration’s standards problem was still very much alive. In Trumpworld, even the boring paperwork kept turning into a scandal.
First recorded Mar 14, 2019·Meaningfully updated Mar 14, 2019
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Wilbur Ross’s Ethics Stink Kept Bubbling Up
The administration’s commerce chief remained under fresh scrutiny in the wake of the ethics watchdog’s refusal to certify his financial disclosure, a rare rebuke that highlighted sloppy reporting and the ever-present Trump-era suspicion that conflicts of interest were being waved through instead of handled. On March 14, the Ross story was less a new explosion than a reminder that the administration’s standards problem was still very much alive. In Trumpworld, even the boring paperwork kept turn…
The administration’s commerce chief remained under fresh scrutiny in the wake of the ethics watchdog’s refusal to certify his financial disclosure, a rare rebuke that highlighted sloppy reporting and the ever-present Trump-era suspicion that conflicts of interest were being waved through instead of handled. On March 14, the Ross story was less a new explosion than a reminder that the administration’s standards probl…
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