Trump Plan to Submit Unsigned Finance Disclosure Draws Mixed Reviews

Government Executive: Conflict-of-interest controversies continued to swirl around the Trump White House as the Office of Government Ethics rejected a Trump attorney proposal for financial disclosure and Democratic lawmakers demanded clarifications of appointee ethics waivers and Trump hotel profits.  

Trump’s private attorney Sheri Dillon, according to a story broken Friday by the Associated Press, in late April had proposed in a face-to-face conversation with ethics office Director Walter Shaub that Trump withhold his signature on initial versions of his voluntary financial disclosure form now under preparation. The signature certifying that the information is true wouldn’t come during the early consultation process with OGE.

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