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riversedge

(70,445 posts) Mon Jan 8, 2018, 10:07 AM Jan 2018

White House Staff Could Be in Trouble if They Help Trump With Fake News Awards, Says Former WH Lawye

Source: Newsweek



By Graham Lanktree On 1/8/18 at 7:17 AM

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President Donald Trump said he still plans to go ahead with "fake news" awards he first suggested in November and promised on Twitter to hand out Monday. However, he tweeted late Sunday that he would push back the announcement of winners to January 17.

“WARNING to White House staff: the president may be exempt from the rules at 5 CFR § 2635.701 et seq. on misuse of position BUT YOU ARE NOT,” tweeted Norm Eisen, who served as White House Special Counsel for Ethics in the Obama administration.

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Eisen is chair of the board of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a watchdog group that has attempted to bring a series of lawsuits against the Trump administration for ethics violations over the past year.

"If any [White House] staffers work on this or post it on the WH website, it will be a violation of the Standards of Conduct,” wrote Walter Shaub, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics, in a supporting tweet directed at the Trump administration’s press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Sunday.

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Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/white-house-staff-could-be-trouble-if-they-help-trump-fake-news-awards-says-773794


I think it is disgusting that Trump is giving out this award. It degrades the Office of the Presidency!! Shame on him!








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White House Staff Could Be in Trouble if They Help Trump With Fake News Awards, Says Former WH Lawye (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2018 OP
He's turning the office of the presidency into an outhouse! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2018 #1
It beats being an actual President I guess?? SHRED Jan 2018 #2
What the absolute fuck Afromania Jan 2018 #3
No they won't 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2018 #4
Thats all he's got....SHAME!!!!!! onecent Jan 2018 #5
Another episode from "As the World Burns" DemoTex Jan 2018 #6
Trump's daycare handlers love this. Keeps him occupied & more ready to sign their stuff. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #7
K & R. CREW is an important public interest group, deserving of our support. L. Coyote Jan 2018 #8
Anyone want to bet with me mainstreetonce Jan 2018 #9
That explains why Trump did not give the award out today as promised. nt SunSeeker Jan 2018 #10
You're not in trouble rainin Jan 2018 #11
Exactly. n/t Dave Starsky Jan 2018 #15
Will there be a red carpet and who will host? DesertRat Jan 2018 #12
As if they care? mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #13
Alzheimer's Adult Day Care has begun bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #14
Bring the scissors with the round tips and only white paste. Girard442 Jan 2018 #16
this man-child heaven05 Jan 2018 #17
So, what's new? worstexever Jan 2018 #18
Most people don't seem concerned about Trump's Constitutional violations. (emoluments clause) LudwigPastorius Jan 2018 #19
He will probably try to get his kids to do this pandr32 Jan 2018 #20

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)
9. Anyone want to bet with me
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 11:20 AM
Jan 2018

That he will never really do this?

Why am I not surprised that he is putting it off?

He thought he could threaten the media to lighten up.

I love the way the late nighters responded...Colbert's bill boards are hysterical.

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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,740 posts)
13. As if they care?
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 11:42 AM
Jan 2018
Hey @PressSec & @RajShah45, Norm is right. If you or *ANY* WH staffers work on this or post it on the WH website, it will be a violation of the Standards of Conduct. Beware of laws on using federal appropriations too, if there are any visuals, certificates, handouts, or trophies.



WARNING to White House staff: the president may be exempt from the rules at 5 CFR § 2635.701 et seq. on misuse of position BUT YOU ARE NOT. If you help @potus with the below, you risk violating §§ 702, 704 & 705 forbidding use of gov time & $$$ to harm some media & aid others.



5 CFR 2635.701 - OVERVIEW.
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bucolic_frolic

(43,490 posts)
14. Alzheimer's Adult Day Care has begun
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 11:50 AM
Jan 2018

'Don't tell them it's day care, tell them they are needed to help with a special project.'

Been down this road, that is a frequently used helper to enroll the reluctant patient who is in denial and doesn't even know he's a patient.

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heaven05

(18,124 posts)
17. this man-child
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:29 PM
Jan 2018

Is one pitiful human being. After President Obama I'm so disgusted with this POS as potus

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worstexever

(265 posts)
18. So, what's new?
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:54 PM
Jan 2018

... it is disgusting that Trump is giving out this award. It degrades the Office of the Presidency!! Shame on him!

Same sh*t, different day with this yahoo.

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LudwigPastorius

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19. Most people don't seem concerned about Trump's Constitutional violations. (emoluments clause)
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:55 PM
Jan 2018

That tells me they won't get bent out of shape at his lackeys for breaking the law.

Let's face it, the whole administration is a festering pile of corruption and lawlessness, most of which we'll only know about when the forensic autopsy is done on this era.
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pandr32

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20. He will probably try to get his kids to do this
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 01:15 PM
Jan 2018

He would definitely need help with this ridiculous idea of his, and it is all about attempting to shut down truthful reporting about him, his administration, the Mueller investigation, and those doing his heavy lifting--the whole Republican Party and his own children.
We all see him plain as day now--a childish, lazy, megalomaniac who is so out of his league in the Oval Office that he barely does any work and is as far from presidential as a person could possibly be.
If he can't get the help he needs he will likely tweet "the winners" of his fake news awards with some bs excuse of scheduling issues.

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