Help End Corruption In Washington

  • by: Jaime M
  • recipient: US Congress

In early July, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics left the Trump administration in frustration. The OGE was created after the shame of Watergate cast a dark cloud over the White House and the rest of the country. It's role is to create standards of conduct for the executive branch, ensure transparency in government through financial disclosure and promotes good governance.

Is it any wonder then, that OGE Director Walter Shaub, resigned? Shaub was supposed to finish his term in early 2018. But the administration's refusal to abide by his counsel left him unable to do his job.

In an interview after his departure he argued that: "The O.G.E.'s recent experiences have made it clear that the ethics program needs to be strengthened."

Under other administrations, when the US admonished other nations for their unethical practices, we did so knowing we were the gold standard in fighting government corruption. The OGE helped to protect the American people from presidents' worst instincts. Yet, as we have seen, under current circumstances our ethical safeguards are not enough and need to be strengthened.

Regardless, now America has a problem. Trump has used his appointments as a way to bring on cronies or elites that will ignore his indiscretions instead of protecting us from them. It is imperative that before he does, we ask Congress to follow Shaub's advice and strengthen the OGE's mandate to give it more bite and powers.

Shaub's exit has left the fox in charge of the hen house and as this administration has shown, we cannot trust it to do the right thing without close supervision. Sign the petition that Congress review and strengthen the OGE today!  

Dear Congress,


The Trump Administration has shown that they have little respect for political and ethical norms. From day one, many experts say the president was in violation of the constitution by accepting gifts from foreign nationals and there is a wide belief that he, his family and his appointees are using their offices for profit rather than for the American people. In order to end the doubts the US public feels about the intentions of our president, it is imperative that we have an OGE that has real bite and that can stop the administration from committing political indiscretions. Please strengthen the OGE's mandate today.


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Sincerely,

Update #15 years ago
Trump's head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Mick Mulvaney, just confessed that when he a member of Congress, he only talked to organizations and lobbyists that gave him lots of money. This is the leader of a Wall Street Watchdog agency openly admitting that he was bought and paid for by special interests. This kind of corruption is unacceptable! We must crack down on this disgusting behavior, now. Sign and share the petition to help!
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