The Patriot Post® · Monday Opinion
Today’s Editors’ Choice
- Hans von Spakovsky: Obama-Appointed ‘Ethics’ Officer Resigns — Good Riddance
- Ken Blackwell: It’s Time to Clean Up Our Elections
- Jeff Jacoby: A Nation on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
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Opinion in Brief
Hans von Spakovsky: “The nation’s top ‘ethics’ officer, Walter Shaub, announced that he is resigning, effective July 19. Barack Obama appointed Shaub to head the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) back in 2013. It’s a five-year appointment, so Shaub’s resignation merely ends his reign six months early. Shaub has already lined up a new gig. He is headed to the Campaign Legal Center, a partisan, Soros-funded advocacy group that has been working for years to restrict your First Amendment right to speak and engage in political activity. That tells you a lot about Shaub’s politics and why his resignation is cause for celebration. … Fittingly, Shaub may have committed an actual ethics violation in terminating his employment: 5 CFR 2635.702© specifically prohibits government officials from endorsing ‘any product, service or enterprise … including nonprofit organizations … and persons with whom the employee has or seeks employment.’ Shaub submitted his resignation letter on July 6 with an effective date of July 19. Yet on July 6, his future employer published a press release prominently mentioning Shaub’s current and future titles and quoting him as looking forward to improving the OGE’s program through his work at the Campaign Legal Center.”