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    Former Ethics Director Says Trump Is Causing A 'Crisis;' Calls For Reforms

    Walter Shaub, former head of the federal ethics office, says that unless compliance laws are toughened, American ethical norms will fade away. They will be replaced by new, lower standards, he fears.
    by Mollie Simon Jul 28, 2017 2 minutes
    Former Office of Government Ethics director Walter Shaub wants to see reforms to strengthen the office.

    President Trump's White House has been operating so far outside of this country's traditional ethical "norms" that it's been "a shock to the system," Walter Shaub, former director of the Office of Government Ethics, said Friday.

    "We are truly in an ethics crisis, and something needs to at the National Press Club.

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