For those who have grown a bit cynical, the idea of ethics in government might appear self-contradictory. In other words, we might be able to have one or the other, but not both — at least not at the same time. This thinking is partly a by-product of the very public ethical lapses committed by those in government positions.
As easy as it would be at this point to launch into a diatribe against the Clintons, who have taken corruption to new levels, they are really just one part of the problem. And it distracts us from the fact that there are government officials who do exhibit a high level of ethical behavior in their spheres of responsibility.
The problem is compounded by the need to review the behavior of government officials when potential ethics violations are discovered. What this implies is that we have the government monitoring the government. The potential problems with that are obvious.
As Mr. Trump prepares to arrive in the Oval Office we see how this system can go awry. More on page two.
Stop it
Go jason. Help drain the swamp!
Tom Melendy, hate to break it to you but a private business getting payment for services does not violate the emoluments clause. That is because the money isn’t being given to the president directly and it also isn’t a payment to him for just being the president.
I just love Chaffetz!!!!!
They continue to obstruct
Edward Fassler
Oh th CIA debunked it…lol
Well l sure trust an agency that gets paid to lie, subvert and coerce…
I trust Trey Gowdy way before anybody in the CIA…
They put out the f**e news about Trump and hookers in a motel…
If you had a wife like Mrs. Trump would you play with hookers?
Btw…
Some of those emails were marked Classified and some were Confidential and then there are the 30k or so that she had her lawyers destroy…hmmm
Bleachbit the server and smashed other devices to avoid prosicution…hmmm
No, Hillary didn’t lie to Gowdy so he had to make$#%&!@*up, huh?
Paul Brandon Ross wrong.
Tom Melendy his business is not personally accepting funds from a foreign government. Are you really that inept in understanding the differences. Can’t accept funds from foreign governments.
Geez!
You are most definitely wrong and just spewing leftist propaganda
If you guys believe that by “incorporating” that he gets by the emoluments clause, then you’re damn fools. And just so you know, the legal counsel to both past Democratic AND GOP presidents agree with me, not you.