A Soft-Spoken Ethics Chief Rips Up the Playbook to Challenge Trump
- ‘This is truly the situation of the mouse that roared’
- Walter Shaub goes from seeking compliance to confrontation
Trump to Step Down From Business, Won’t Divest Ownership
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Walter Shaub Jr. isn’t known for being outspoken, nor is the agency he leads.
That changed Wednesday. Shaub, the director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, took the unprecedented step of publicly condemning President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to hand over his business empire to a trust run by his two adult sons, calling the move “meaningless.” The agency normally refuses to comment on any individual’s case, let alone that of an incoming president.