After a year, top Trump staffers still working without certified financial disclosures
WASHINGTON - A year into Donald Trump's presidency, records show five of his top staffers still have not secured final approval of their financial reports - disclosures that are required by law to ensure Americans that these senior officials aren't personally benefiting from their White House jobs.
Another four staffers received certification by the Office of Government Ethics after McClatchy first requested their forms last month.
The delay is likely due to Trump staffers either refusing to disclose mandated information to OGE, failing to resolve a conflict of interest or violating an ethics law or regulation, according to two ethics experts familiar with the long-standing process. But delays can also occur when White House ethics officials don't force staffers to comply or because OGE is behind on paperwork.
The number of Trump staffers without certification a year after inauguration is not normal, according to Walter Shaub, who served as OGE director until he quit in protest in July and joined the Campaign Legal Center. "That's a high rate of failure or delay - and those are the ones the White House knows OGE will review, so the problem might be even worse with the reports that don't come to OGE," he said.
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Trump feels the rules don't apply to him or his administration.
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