US EditionWatchdog calls for ethics investigation into Lutnick’s Tesla stock plug
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Trump official’s ‘Buy Tesla’ stock pitch broke law, but don’t expect a crackdown: legal experts
NEW YORK — When a White House adviser in the first Trump administration told TV viewers to “Go buy Ivanka stuff,” top government lawyers sprang into action, telling her she had violated ethics rules and warning her not to do it again.
Campaign Legal Center Files Complaint Against U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for Violating Federal Ethics Rules
Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint [see here] with the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and ethics officials at the U.S. Department of Commerce, urging them to hold U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick accountable for encouraging viewers of Fox News to buy stock in Tesla Wednesday evening. Lutnick’s promotion of the car company owned by Elon Musk, a megadonor to President Donald Trump and leader of the so-called U.S. DOGE Se…
Watchdog calls for ethics investigation into Lutnick’s Tesla stock plug
The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) called for an investigation Friday into whether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s recent comments encouraging Americans to buy Tesla stock violated federal ethics laws. In a letter to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics and ethics officials at the Commerce Department, the watchdog group called Lutnick’s remarks an “apparently flagrant violation”…
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