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Conway Violated Ethics Rules in TV Endorsement of Ivanka Brand
Legal Experts: Conway Violated Ethics Rules in TV Endorsement of Ivanka Trump Brand
Multiple legal experts and former White House officials say Kellyanne Conway's endorsement on TV of the Ivanka Trump brand violated ethics rules governing executive branch employees.
Conway, a counselor to the president, made the remarks on Fox News on Thursday morning, responding to the recent decision by Nordstrom to remove Ivanka Trump items from its shelves.
"This is just a wonderful line. I own some of it, I fully — I'm going to give a free commercial here," Conway said. "Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online."
Former White House ethics officials and other legal experts said her endorsement appears to be a clear-cut violation of an ethics regulation barring executive branch employees from endorsing products and using their public office for the private gain of friends.
Kathleen Clark, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis and a member of the D.C. Bar rules of professional conduct review committee, told ABC News, "It is accurate to say that she broke the law. It's not a criminal law. It's a regulation." Clark added that the action would normally prompt some type of "employment discipline" within the White House.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Conway Violated Ethics Rules in TV Endorsement of Ivanka Brand
Word is that Conway got a stern talking to about it from the White House Legal Office. She likely won't make this same mistake again.
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