Lawmaker: Ethics office needs to ‘pick up the pace’ on Trump’s nominees

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A Tennessee congresswoman thinks government bureaucrats, not President-elect Trump’s transition team, are the reason why ethics reports on Trump’s Cabinet nominees have not been sent to the Senate.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said on CNN Monday that the Office of Government Ethics needs to work harder on getting the ethics reports on Trump’s Cabinet picks done. She said a letter sent by the office’s director, Walter Schaub, last week appeared to be a deflection from the office’s own issues.

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