Shaub will soon take charge as senior director of ethics at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center.
The director of the US Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub Jr. on Thursday announced his resignation following conflicts with President Donald Trump.
In a letter addressed to the president, Shaub said that he is resigning from the post effective from July 19 but did not mention any reason for it.
“The great privilege and honor of my career has been to lead OGC’s staff and the community of ethics officials in the federal executive branch. They are committed to protecting the principle thatpublic service is a public trust, requiring employees to place loyalty to the Constitution, the laws, and ethical principles above private gain. I am grateful for the efforts of this dedicated and patriotic assembly of public servants, and I am proud to have served with them,” Shaub’s resignation letter on Twitter read.
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/883007616435269632
Shaub joined the Office of Government Ethics to become the attorney in charge of the presidential nomination program in 2006. He held the position for two years and, in 2008, took charge as the Deputy General Counsel. He was appointed as the director of the Office of Government Ethics for a five-year-term by former President Barack Obama in 2013.
On January 11, 2017, during the transition period before President Trump took the office, Shaub delivered a long statement regarding the president-elect’s plans to move his assets into a trust managed by his sons. He also wrote a series of tweets mimicking Donald Trump’s tweeting style and congratulating the President-elect on his announcement to divest himself of his business assets.
Shaub also called for a harsher punishment for presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway for flouting ethics rules by publicly endorsing Ivanka Trump’s clothing line during a television appearance.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Shaub said that he was not leaving under pressure and no one in the administration pushed him to leave.
“It’s clear that there isn’t more I could accomplish,” he told the newspaper.
Shaub will soon take charge as senior director of ethics at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center.