At any point, Obama appointee Walter Shaub, head of the Office of Government Ethics, may claim the Trump administration has a conflict of interest if his namesake Trump Hotel in Washington accepts reservations from any business, organization or individual who chooses to stay there. Of course, Schaub was previously silent and never alleged any wrongdoing when those same travelers stayed at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, despite Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker’s deep family ties to the Hyatt chain. Apparently standards change depending on the political party.
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