NBC Receives at Least 2 New Complaints About Matt Lauer NBC Receives at Least 2 New Complaints About Matt Lauer:- The fast-moving national reckoning over sexual harassment in the workplace toppled another television news star on Wednesday when NBC fired Matt Lauer, the co-host of its most profitable franchise, “Today,” […]
Ethics and Official Misconduct
Corruption Case Against Senator Menendez Ends in Mistrial The federal corruption trial of Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey ended in a mistrial on Thursday after jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict, leaving Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, free to return to Congress but injecting uncertainty as he […]
3 Chicago Officers Charged With Conspiracy in Laquan McDonald Case Three longtime police officers were charged on Tuesday in connection with the death of Laquan McDonald, the black teenager whose fatal shooting in 2014 at the hands of a white Chicago officer ignited intense scrutiny over police conduct and transparency. […]
White House Waivers May Have Violated Ethics Rules The Trump administration may have skirted federal ethics rules by retroactively granting a blanket exemption that allows Stephen K. Bannon, the senior White House strategist, to communicate with editors at Breitbart News, where he was recently an executive. The exemption, made public […]
White House Moves to Block Ethics Inquiry Into Ex-Lobbyists on Payroll The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government’s top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose the names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the White […]
Alabama Governor Could Face Prosecution on Ethics Charges Alabama Governor Could Face Prosecution on Ethics Charges:- Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama could face criminal prosecution after a state ethics panel found probable cause that he broke ethics and campaign finance laws in a sex-tinged scandal that has engulfed him for […]
Ivanka Trump, Shifting Plans, Will Become a Federal Employee Ivanka Trump, Shifting Plans, Will Become a Federal Employee:- Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of President Trump, is becoming an official government employee, joining her husband, Jared Kushner, in serving as an unpaid adviser to her father in the White House. […]
