To The Point: White House Ethics with Norm Eisen
Channel: RepPascrell
Date: 2017-05-30

With the potential ties between Trump administration officials and Russian agents, with nepotism occurring within President Trump’s inner circle, and with the lack of transparency in the West Wing, the time is right for a discussion of ethics in the White House.

My guest is former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen, who can give a guide to interpreting these troubling, potentially unethical times in American government. Norm is the former Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform to the White House under President Obama and today is leading an effort to sue Trump over the emoluments clause with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, or CREW, an organization he helped create.

Norm has been studying ethics issues for almost his entire career. He graduated from Harvard Law School the same year as President Obama and the newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Aside from his work with ethics in government, Norm also served as the Ambassador to the Czech Republic under President Obama from 2011 to 2014. He is the co-founder and chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) one of the foremost government watchdog organizations in Washington D.C.