Ethics watchdog calls on WH to investigate Conway’s comments
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government’s ethics watchdog urged the White House to investigate and possibly discipline President Donald Trump’s counsellor Kellyanne Conway for comments she made about Ivanka Trump’s fashion line, according to a letter made public Tuesday.
The Office of Government Ethics wrote to White House attorneys that there was reason to believe that Conway violated the standards of ethical conduct for executive employees by endorsing the president’s daughter’s products during a television interview last week.
The government ethics office’s recommendation was the latest in a series of complications for Conway.
Just Monday, Conway said in a television appearance that National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had Trump’s full confidence, hours before Trump fired him. Over the past few weeks, Conway has also referred to a “Bowling Green Massacre” that never occurred, and she was caught up in a public feud with news network CNN, which said it decided not to have her on a Sunday show.