Discussion: WH Ethics Lawyer And McGahn Deputy Stefan Passantino Leaving This Week

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Truly. Why WOULD they stay with McGahn leaving? I think many of them stayed to work with him and with Trump pulling his ‘he’s a nice guy but…’ it’s time for them all to leave. Trump never understood McGahn’s role in the WH…he always believed McGahn and Sessions were his personal enforcers…and they didn’t do a good job.

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Passantino has worked to keep officials in compliance with ethical standards,

Typical day at the office:

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Everybody who thinks they might be a target in an upcoming Orange Rage is trying to get out of spittle range.

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Someone on MSNBC said yesterday that 4 out of 5 McGahn deputies have left/are leaving. My only question is what’s wrong with the fifth one? Is s/he like the tenth dentist who doesn’t recommend regular brushing with Crest?

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The Trump White House has an ethics lawyer?

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Mr. Sisyphus. So many boulders, so much rolling.

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oh, yeah, THAT guy…

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Blind ambition? (A.k.a., “wants the top job”)

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I was going to say he quit because he didn’t have anything to do all day, but a picture is worth a thousand words.

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he he …

Rachel’s interview last night …

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“Passantino has worked to keep officials in compliance with ethical standards,”

…and letting the whole hotel guest briberies, family deals with the saudis influencing public policy, and a compromised 45* still have access to state secrets thing go on and on…but yeah, slip out after you ensure that your pet judge will let the traitor off scott-free and then look skyward solemnly and mumble something about ‘integrity’…

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ETHICS!! We don’t need no steenking ethics!!

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I’m pretty sure that was a part time job. Trump has about as much use for an ethics lawyer as a tick has for a vegetarian cookbook.

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A Sisyphean task.

ETA: Oops, posted before reading comments. Oh well, GMTA!

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… and failed miserably.

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The Fifth One is probably the loyalist lickspittle Spanky McTraitorface installs in every division.

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Passantino has worked to keep officials in compliance with ethical standards, while navigating a minefield of controversies, like Kellyanne Conway’s promotion of Ivanka Trump’s clothing line during a television interview.

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Might still looking for work

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Must have been the most under worked lawyer ever.

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