More than 40 percent of Trumps first Cabinet-level picks have faced ethical or other controversies

[Arkansas Granny]

President Trump came to Washington promising to “drain the swamp.” But after less than 13 months, more than 40 percent of the people he originally picked for Cabinet-level jobs have faced ethical or other controversies. The list has grown quickly in recent weeks.

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt are that latest to have their questionable travel practices probed. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that an inspector general's report determined Shulkin and top aides doctored an email and otherwise misled it about expenses for a controversial 10-day European trip Shulkin took with his wife. The Post also reported Sunday that Pruitt has spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on first-class travel; since then his agency has said it obtained a waiver for him to fly first-class for security reasons.

The two of them join three other Cabinet-level officials who have faced ethical questions over their travels. Four other initial Cabinet-level picks have also been confronted with ethical or personal controversies — including in recent weeks now-Chief of Staff John F. Kelly (an original Cabinet pick) and Health and Human Services Secretary Ben Carson.

In total now, nine out of the 22 people Trump initially picked for Cabinet-level posts have found themselves facing scrutiny over their actions.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/02/16/more-than-40-percent-of-trumps-cabinet-level-picks-have-faced-ethical-or-other-controversies/?utm_term=.006b11712a1f

When an incompetent and unethical person is elected President, I suppose you can't be too surprised when he picks incompetent and unethical people to help him run the country. In this case, it seems they are running it into the ground.

[dalton99a]

1. Thieves don't hire normal people to work for them