EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Biden Admin Official Hit With Ethics Complaint After Allegedly Funneling Billions To His Current Org
A government watchdog filed an ethics complaint Thursday against a former Biden administration official who sits on the board of an organization that received billions in taxpayer cash. Protect the Public’s Trust asked the U.S. Office of Government Ethics and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) inspector general’s office to investigate long-time Democratic insider David Hayes […]
Democratic judge already facing removal over ethics violations arrested after allegedly attacking cop
Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson was facing 30 ethics charges and possible removal from the Georgia Supreme Court after being rejected by voters last month, and things got even worse for the scandal-plagued Democrat on Thursday. Atlanta Police Department Shown At approximately 3:18 a.m. on June 20, police officers performing licensed security duties had […]
House ethics panel interviews 6 women in Matt Gaetz sex, drugs probe: report
The House Ethics Committee has spoken with six women in connection with its investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz over allegations of sexual misconduct and illegal drug use, with one of them reportedly claiming that the far-right congressman paid her for sexual favours. A female witness who was also part of a closed Justice Department investigation […]
Pope Francis delivers first-ever papal address to G-7, urges ethics in AI use
Pope Francis on Friday, in his first papal address to the G7 meeting, warned about the ethical pitfalls of artificial intelligence. Speaking at a world summit in Fasano, Italy, the Pope said AI offers immense benefits to humanity but also threatens to dehumanise society. “Yet the issue of artificial intelligence is often perceived as ambiguous: […]
Republicans block bill requiring Supreme Court to adopt enforceable ethics code
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and other Republican senators on Wednesday blocked a bill that would have required the Supreme Court to adopt a code of conduct and create a mechanism to enforce it, following several high-profile controversies. The bill, the Supreme Court Ethics, Challenge and […]
Durbin looks to force Supreme Court ethics bill vote amid Alito controversy
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) plans to try to force a vote Wednesday night on a Democratic-backed Supreme Court ethics bill amid the recent grilling of Justice Samuel Alito and renewed calls for conservative judges to recuse themselves from former President Trump’s immunity lawsuit. Durbin will lead the Judiciary Committee’s Democratic Senators Sheldon […]
Meet the self-driving car ending road rage (and ethics)
“When you see a fully self-driving car crossing lanes to make a left turn, you know AGI has arrived,” is the headline posted on X by user @0xgaut, who watched a video by @AIDRIVR showing Tesla’s latest model sneaking into an open space in a congested left-turn lane. A human driver attempting to do the […]
Joy Reid says Alito is a 'Fox host on the court' amid ethics controversy
MSNBC host Joy Reid on Monday criticized Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who has faced multiple ethics controversies over potential bias and political affiliation, slamming the judge as an obvious conservative. “We know that Justice Alito is essentially the Fox anchor of the court,” Reid said of the judge, adding that the justice makes little […]
For senators defending Trump, retaliation tops ethics
Eight Republican senators were outraged by the unanimous guilty verdict on 34 felony counts against former President Donald Trump. Signed A petition pledging not to take any action against any political or judicial appointments made by Joe Biden, the duly elected President of the United States of America. To underscore the level of retaliation they […]
Comer must face ethics investigation for Biden inquiry fundraising: Democratic group
EXCLUSIVE — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) could face an ethics investigation over allegations the Kentucky Republican is using his high-profile impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden for campaign fundraising. The Democratic-aligned Congressional Integrity Project sent a request to the Office of Congressional Ethics to determine whether Comer violated House rules by soliciting […]