Report: Ethics office had trouble connecting with Trump team

Published January 7, 2017 1:57pm ET



Newly released emails show the Office of Government Ethics sometimes struggled to make contact with the Trump transition team, according to a report released early Saturday.

The emails suggest President-elect Trump’s team frustrated the independent agency tasked with ethics laws and regulations when asked to cooperate on matters of potential conflict and financial disclosure of Trump’s Cabinet picks.

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