Lawmakers scold ethics chief for tweeting

Published January 24, 2017 12:51am ET



Republicans and Democrats on the House Oversight Committee told Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub that he should refrain from using Twitter.

“I think we were all concerned about the initial tweets,” said Maryland’s Elijah Cummings, the panel’s top Democrat. “We told him that it didn’t seem professional.”

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