When it comes to ethics in the White House, President Joe Biden is no Donald Trump. But for a growing number of Democratic lawmakers and government watchdog groups, that’s too meager.
by campaigning for him, and employing staffers who spent staggering amounts on travel.
Norm Eisen, who served as Obama’s ethics czar and spearheaded a report on Biden and ethics earlier this year through the Brookings Institution, where he serves as a senior fellow, praised Biden forStill, the Brookings report and other watchdog groups outline a number of recommendations for Biden, including strengthening the Office of Government Ethics; requiring a president to divest conflicting financial interests; and protecting inspectors general from retaliation.
Most would have to be implemented through legislation but some could be done at the agency level. For example, the White House and Justice Department have yet to issue long-promised guidance limiting contacts between Biden White House staffers and DOJ officials. Those policies typically require the White House counsel's office to sign off on interactions, generally limit them to high-level officials, and seek to avoid White House interference in DOJ enforcement decisions.
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