{"id":278378,"date":"2021-06-18T21:45:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T18:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-admin-nepotism-royally-sucks-may-be-illegal-ex-us-ethics-chief\/"},"modified":"2021-06-18T21:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T18:45:56","slug":"biden-admin-nepotism-royally-sucks-may-be-illegal-ex-us-ethics-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-admin-nepotism-royally-sucks-may-be-illegal-ex-us-ethics-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden admin nepotism ‘royally sucks,’ may be illegal: ex-US ethics chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Biden admin nepotism ‘royally sucks,’ may be illegal: ex-US ethics chief<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The US government\u2019s former ethics chief is slamming the Biden administration for a potentially \u201cillegal\u201d nepotism spree, saying that it \u201croyally sucks\u201d and is \u201ca real \u2018f\u2014 you’\u201d to ethical governance.<\/p>\n

Walter Shaub, director of the US Office of Government Ethics from 2013 to 2017, gained fame for frequently faulting the Trump administration, but turned his fire<\/a> on President Biden on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry, I know some folks don\u2019t like hearing any criticism of him. But this royally sucks. I\u2019m disgusted. A lot of us worked hard to tee him up to restore ethics to government and believed the promises. This is a real \u2018f\u2014 you\u2019 to us\u2014and government ethics,\u201d Shaub tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shaub was responding to reports that many children, spouses and siblings of top Biden aides got official jobs \u2014 despite harsh criticism of President Donald Trump for naming his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as unpaid White House advisers.<\/p>\n

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Walter Shaub criticized the app<\/a>arent nepotism in the Biden administration.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cPathetic!\u201d Shaub wrote<\/a>. \u201cThe responses from people who spent 4 years complaining the other side was putting party over country are pathetic. They sound just like MAGAs. The jobs went to privileged kiddos with mommies & daddies who cozied up to POTUS. Nepotism is illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many of Biden\u2019s closest aides, who followed him into the White House after working for him when he was a senator and vice president, have had family members score government gigs, including but not limited to Secretary of State Tony Blinken, national security adviser Jake Sullivan and White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who each have direct family members working for the federal government.<\/p>\n

In an all-caps tweet<\/a>, Shaub noted: \u201cEVEN THE F-ING HEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE KEEPING THEM HONEST, HAS A CHILD WHO\u2019S A RECENT COLLEGE GRAD WORKING IN THE ADMINISTRATION. AND THE SPOUSE OF THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. This is ridiculous. What a f\u2014ing failure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaub wrote that the nepotism is \u201ca sign of much bigger rot.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Many children, spouses and siblings of top Biden aides got official jobs, according to reports. <\/figcaption>
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\u201cI\u2019m the stupid moron who fell for his false promises. I wasn\u2019t naive enough to think he\u2019d be a transformative president. He told us he\u2019d be plain vanilla. But I thought there was momentum behind his ethics promises. Boy was I stupid,\u201d Shaub wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

JJ Ricchetti, son of White House counselor Steve Ricchetti and a 2020 college grad, recently got a job at the Treasury Department. Ricchetti\u2019s daughter, Shannon Ricchetti, also in her 20s, works in the office of the White House social<\/a> secretary. The elder Ricchetti\u2019s brother runs a DC consulting firm<\/a>, also drawing other ethics concerns.<\/p>\n

White House deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed, another longtime Biden aide, has a daughter, Julia Reed, who works in the West Wing as Biden\u2019s scheduler.<\/p>\n

Most executive branch appointments are handled by the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, which is led by Cathy Russell, whose daughter Sarah Donilon, a 2019 college grad, works at the White House National Security Council. A White House official anonymously told the Washington Post<\/a> that Russell does not influence NSC hiring. Russell\u2019s brother-in-law Mike Donilon is a senior adviser to Biden and is widely regarded as a powerful influence on the president.<\/p>\n

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki\u2019s sister, Stephanie Psaki, has a job in the Biden administration.<\/figcaption>
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki\u2019s sister, Stephanie Psaki, works at the Department of Health and Human Services as a senior adviser.<\/p>\n

White House chief of staff Ron Klain\u2019s wife, Monica Medina, is nominated to be assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and science<\/a>, which requires Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan\u2019s wife, Meggie Goodlander, is a counsel to Attorney General<\/a> Merrick Garland. His brother, Tom Sullivan, works at the State Department. Sullivan\u2019s sister-in-law, Rose Sullivan, works at the Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n

Shaub wrote<\/a>, \u201cThe White House\u2019s defense that they had the minimum qualifications is total BS. The issue isn\u2019t whether they were qualified (some weren\u2019t). It\u2019s that a WH that promised diversity is giving these privileged white kids with connected mommies and daddies prime jobs over others!\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaub, who now leads the\u00a0Ethics and Accountability Initiative at the Project on Government Oversight, added that nepotism wasn\u2019t the only thing that bothered him about Biden\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a Raytheon board member leading DOD. We\u2019ve got private equity fund people in the WH and at State. You\u2019ve got corporate execs and big firm lawyers who represent corporations throughout. And personnel is policy,\u201d he wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut authoritarianism & corruption go hand in hand. If we don\u2019t clean up govt, we\u2019re setting the table for the next authoritarian. Speaking of which, Biden\u2019s administration is fighting tooth & nail to stop Congressional oversight\u2014not just of this admin but of the Trump admin too!\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n