President Trump has rescinded the ethics executive order issued by former President Biden, which required federal appointees to commit to ethical decision-making and avoid conflicts of interest. This decision has sparked criticism from government accountability groups who argue that it weakens ethical standards in government. While Trump required a similar pledge during his first term, he has not yet implemented a new one. Laws and regulations already exist to address conflicts of interest, but critics say the executive order provided an additional layer of accountability.
in office was to rescind former President Joe Biden’s ethics executive order, which included a pledge for federal government political appointees, but he did not replace it with his own as he did during his first term.
“I commit to ethical choices of post-government employment that do not raise the appearance that I have used my government service for private gain, including by using confidential information acquired and relationships established for the benefit of future clients,” the pledge concluded. “It’s extremely frustrating that after President Trump’s first term had a fairly strong executive order for executive branch employees, he would then rescind President Biden’s very similar executive branch order,” Common Cause senior director of legislative affairs Aaron Scherb. “It seems somewhat hypocritical.
For Gustitus, there remains time for Trump to sign a second executive order, but time is of the essence “because people are going to be taking jobs where they need to know what their promises are.” Irrespective of whether there is an executive order, Trump himself would not be included in it, with only tradition calling on presidents to avoid conflicts of interest. Trump’s second son, Eric Trump, for instance, is poised to retain control of the Trump Organization during his father’s second term while the president retains ownership of it.
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