Ethics office calls on White House to discipline Conway

The director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) says White House counselor Kellyanne Conway misused her official position by hawking Ivanka Trump’s product line on TV and is recommending that the White House discipline her for it. “Under the present circumstances, there is strong reason to believe that Ms. Conway has violated the Standards of Conduct Act and that disciplinary action is warranted,” OGE director Walter Schaub wrote in a Feb 14 letter to White House legal counselor Stefan Passantino. Schaub asked the White House to respond by Feb. 28 with the results of its investigation and any disciplinary action it may decide to take.