It seems that several former senior Trump aides have violated federal law by failing to disclose where they would work after leaving the administration.
Seven former senior aides to President Trump, including the top ethics official, did not share their future employment plans when departing the White House, according to records obtained by Politico.
Ethics rules state high-level staffers are required to disclose their future employment if they have a job lined up in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest.
One of the aides who broke ethics rules is John McEntee, Trump’s former personal aide who left in March 2018 after reportedly having problems with his security clearance.
The other six who failed to share their new employment plans are Bill Stepien, director of political affairs; Marc Short, director of legislative affairs; Reed Cordish, assistant to the president for intergovernmental and technology initiatives; Katie Walsh, deputy chief of staff; Stefan Passantino, former deputy counsel; and Paul Winfree, deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy.
This is not the first time questions have been raised over ethics practices within this administration. Last year, a government watchdog group filed 30 ethics complaints regarding federal employees who were formerly registered lobbyists working on issues on which they lobbied.
