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Elizabeth Warren calls on Trump for ethics rules for his new appointees

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Elizabeth Warren has called on Donald Trump to institute new ethics rules to guard against scandals involving appointees such as Elon Musk .

Massachusetts Democratic senator offered seven suggestions related to lobbyists and lobbying.

Warren also said Trump should institute ethics standards for former officials who engage in business deals with foreign governments’.

Earlier this month , Trump ’s company released an ethics pledge, saying he would not be involved while in power. Experts said the pledge was not strong enough. In her letter to Lutnick and McMahon , Warren also said Trump should commit not to rescind ethics standards on leaving office, as he did in 2021 . That move, countering a campaign promise to “drain the swamp” of Washington corruption, echoed a move by Bill Clinton that Trump had criticized strongly, saying Clinton “rigged the system on his way out”..

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