White House Insists Nothing ‘Nefarious’ in Kellyanne Conway’s Ivanka Trump Plug
After Kellyanne Conway promoted Ivanka Trump’s cloting line from the White House, it was clear she broke ethics rules, but her punishment was not determined.
After “investigating” into the matter, the White House has concluded that Conway was acting “without nefarious motive.”
“Upon completion of our inquiry, we concluded that Ms. Conway acted inadvertently and is highly unlikely to do so again,” says a letter released by the White House, signed by Stefan C. Passantino, a White House deputy counsel for compliance and ethics.
“It is noted that Ms. Conway made the statement in question in a light, off-hand manner while attempting to stand up for a person she believed had been unfairly treated and did so without nefarious motive or intent to benefit personally,” the letter says.
The Office of Government Ethics said in a previous letter to the White House that there was “strong reason to believe” Conway violated ethics standards for federal employees and that disciplinary action was in order.
But in the tradition of the Trump administration, if you break an ethics law or have strong ties to Russia or allegedly committed sexual assault or profit off your business that you were supposed to cut all ties to, then you have a place as a high level official in the Trump White House.
Read the full letter from the White House to the Office of Government Ethics here.
