White House adviser and U.S. President's daughter Ivanka Trump may have violated a government ethics rule when she posted a photo of herself holding a can of black beans Tuesday night.
White House adviser and President's daughter Ivanka Trump may have violated a government ethics rule when she posted a photo of herself holding a can of black beans on July 14, 2020. may have violated a government ethics rule when she posted a photo of herself holding a can of black beans Tuesday night.
Goya is the nation's largest Hispanic-owned company and is a privately held business. It remains unclear how calls to boycott have impacted business, but the President claimed in a Wednesday morning tweet that Goya is "doing GREAT."But his daughter and West Wing adviser could have violated a federal ethics rule with her message.
Former director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub says yes, "the Goya tweet was an ethics violation."Wednesday that despite the fact that both Trump's Twitter and Instagram accounts contain disclaimers that they are personal pages, it's "a bad idea to include your title in the bio because that's a factor weighing in favor of finding a violation occurred.
Virginia Canter, the chief ethics counsel for watchdog group CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, told CNN that the Office of Government Ethics has the authority to oversee complaints about posts like this. Ultimately, Trump's boss is the President, her father. And though this isn't a Hatch Act violation -- the Hatch Act aims to stop the federal government from affecting elections or going about its activities in a partisan manner -- Trump's previous actions on violations could point to how he'd respond if his daughter were found to have broken this rule.
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