Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said that the resignation of Walter Shaub, the director of the Office of Government Ethics with a history of clashes with the Trump administration, is “deeply unnerving”
“Despite swimming for months in the toxic swamp of ethics problems at every level of the Trump Administration, Walter Shaub has done exactly what a nonpartisan ethics official is supposed to do — put the law first … Walter Shaub’s announcement that he is resigning a the head of the Office of Government Ethics is deeply unnerving,” Warren said.
Shaub was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2013 and would have served a 5-year term, but he announced his resignation on Thursday. President Trump, who has been criticized by Warren for having conflicts of interest with his businesses, will appoint Shaub’s replacement. That person will then face a Senate confirmation process.
“The Senate is responsible for confirming the new head of this post-Watergate ethics watchdog, and every senator— regardless of party — should insist upon a tough, fiercely independent replacement who will follow Shaub’s example of enforcing the law, even in the face of relentless pressure from the Trump Administration to ignore ethics rules,” Warren said.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 6, 2017
