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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Wed Apr 4, 2018, 04:28 PM Apr 2018

John Bolton runs into potential ethics issues before he becomes Trumps national security advisor

Source: CNBC

John Bolton, who is days away from becoming President Donald Trump's national security advisor, has been meeting with White House attorneys about possible conflicts of interest, CNBC has learned.

The exact sticking points for Bolton are unclear, but ethics experts say the appearance of a possible future role for Bolton with an entity such as a political action committee could be a cause for concern for White House officials. Bolton's PAC and super PAC, which are no longer receiving or spending capital, have been financial players in the early going of the midterm election cycle.

White House lawyers and Bolton continue to discuss and review any potential conflicts of interests for the former U.N. ambassador, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told CNBC on the condition of anonymity. A spokesman for Bolton, however, said that there haven't been any issues.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/04/john-bolton-talks-with-white-house-attorneys-over-ethics-issues.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&par=sharebar

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John Bolton runs into potential ethics issues before he becomes Trumps national security advisor (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Apr 2018 OP
So we still have a chance...... 7962 Apr 2018 #1
Someone will bring up changing the law in 3..2..1.. louis-t Apr 2018 #2
The best people. Mc Mike Apr 2018 #3
maybe the conflict involves him not willing to shave his mustachio for trumpio... BREMPRO Apr 2018 #4
Ethical bolton is an oxymoron. joshdawg Apr 2018 #5
The issue is his ties to Cambridge Analytica's stolen facebook data DeminPennswoods Apr 2018 #6
Bingo - he's a republican traitor who betrayed America Achilleaze Apr 2018 #7
Of course he has an "ethics issue". It derives from his "ethics deficit". marble falls Apr 2018 #8

BREMPRO

(2,331 posts)
4. maybe the conflict involves him not willing to shave his mustachio for trumpio...
Wed Apr 4, 2018, 06:26 PM
Apr 2018

i remember that was the reason trump balked on picking him in the first place... not his actual qualifications..

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
6. The issue is his ties to Cambridge Analytica's stolen facebook data
Thu Apr 5, 2018, 08:09 AM
Apr 2018

Maddow's opening segment delved into it. There are memos the Brits got from CA discussing the "Bolton data", presumably data his PACs used in developing their spending and political targeting. Further, it appears that Bolton was in on the ground floor of CA's "psy-ops" targeting program and was primarily funded by Robert Mercer.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
7. Bingo - he's a republican traitor who betrayed America
Thu Apr 5, 2018, 08:46 AM
Apr 2018

of couse that's just who Dirty Donny* wants to help him piss on America.

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

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