Ethics

Monica Crowley won’t take Trump administration job amid plagiarism scandal

National Security

Monica Crowley won’t take Trump administration job amid plagiarism scandal

Kyle Feldscher · January 16, 2017 5:28 pm

President-elect Trump's announcement Wednesday outlining how he is transferring control of his company to his sons caused ethics experts to raise concerns. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Creating a safe space for the Trump Organization

Salena Zito · January 15, 2017 5:03 am

"You acted with unprecedented urgency to hold 'emergency' hearings and issue multiple unilateral subpoenas to investigate Secretary Clinton before the election," Dems wrote in a letter to Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz. "We ask that ... you show the same sense of urgency now." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

White House slams Chaffetz for ’embarrassing’ tenure

Gabby Morrongiello · January 13, 2017 7:06 pm

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, accused the OGE chief of acting "prematurely at best, without doing investigations or thorough looks." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Jason Chaffetz: Ethics office not acting ethically

Daniel Chaitin · January 13, 2017 3:37 am

Monica Crowley, who will take a role as the senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council under President-elect Trump, has been under the microscope this week for plagiarizing other people's work to include in her book and her dissertation. (Image courtesy screenshot)

National Security

Trump aide Crowley plagiarized extensively for dissertation: Report

Kyle Feldscher · January 12, 2017 3:27 pm

"He is not in violation of the law as of today," Richard Painter said of President-elect Trump during a discussion hosted by the Brookings Institution. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Bush ethics lawyer: Trump ‘will be in violation’ of the law if he doesn’t divest by Jan. 20

Anna Giaritelli · January 12, 2017 1:05 am

The chief of the Office of Government Ethics on Wednesday lambasted President-elect Trump's newly announced conflicts of interest plan as "meaningless." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Government ethics chief calls Trump’s conflicts of interest plan ‘meaningless’

Anna Giaritelli · January 11, 2017 10:36 pm

The Senate Commerce Committee announced it has postponed another confirmation hearing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Confirmation hearing for Commerce nominee Wilbur Ross delayed

Anna Giaritelli · January 10, 2017 11:23 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., offered the bill along with dozens of their Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate on Monday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats’ bill allows lawsuits against Trump, Pence

Pete Kasperowicz · January 10, 2017 4:24 pm

"I'm stepping beyond my bailiwick, but it's quite amazing to me when I think of the hoops I had to jump through with respect to papers submitted and documentation and tax returns and a whole bunch of things," John Kerry said. "Suddenly, that's gone 'poof' and it's not as important." (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

National Security

Kerry: Trump’s Cabinet skimping on ethics info

Joel Gehrke · January 10, 2017 4:00 pm

Make Chuck Schumer eat apple pie

Make Chuck Schumer eat apple pie

Washington Examiner · January 10, 2017 5:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, meets with Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

Trump ethics critic an Obama donor, missed Hillary’s lapses

Paul Bedard · January 9, 2017 4:28 pm