Susan Page, USA Today; Trump wants to defang ethics oversight, former ethics chief Walter Shaub says
"[Walter M. Shaub Jr.] told USA TODAY's video newsmaker series that the White House deliberately had leapfrogged over the agency's second-ranking official, chief of staff Shelley Finlayson, in favor of appointing general counsel David Apol as acting director.
"He may fulfill a lifelong ambition of loosening up the ethics program," Shaub said of Apol, saying the two men had disagreed on a series of conflict-of-interest and other questions. He said White House officials had described their relationship with Apol as "cordial."
"You don't want a cordial watchdog," he said. "You want a vigorous watchdog.""
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