It's an American right to criticize whether qualified to do so or not. That's free
speech, granted under the United States Constitution. But apparently it’s not
if your criticism is of president-elect Donald Trump. Walter Shaub, director
of the federal Office of Government Ethics, whose independent office is
responsible for making sure that federal officials observe conflict-of-interest
laws, called the arrangement for Trump's business “wholly inadequate and would leave him susceptible to “suspicions
of corruption.” That roused the ire of the Republican Party who have summoned Walter
Shaub to a closed-door interrogation session to explain his criticism of
President-elect Donald Trump’s conflict-of-interest plans.
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Chairman of the House
Oversight and Government Reform Committee, “noted that his committee has the
power to decide whether to reauthorize the ethics office — a pointed threat to
punish the office for the director doing his job.”
The United States of America has always bragged of its lofty ideals. However,
it can no longer. We have a soon to be President Donald Trump who has no sense
of ethical or moral behavior, and a Republican Party and citizenry complicit
in it.
