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The media is really embarrassing itself with this abject failure in reporting. He must step back by law because the raging conflict of interest, wherein a capt
by mullingitover 2y ago
The media is really embarrassing itself with this abject failure in reporting.
He must step back by law because the raging conflict of interest, wherein a captain of industry is allowed to personally raid US government offices and fire his own regulators, all while exfiltrating data on the populace, is only allowed to go on for a maximum of six months.
- bdangubic 2y agofollowing the news though I don’t think the law matters much anymore in the US of A…
- Analemma_ 2y agoI'm pretty sure the parent's comment should be read as extremely sarcastic.
- foobarian 2y agoWhat law exactly, though. If a president wants some IT work done, they should in theory be able to delegate to an arbitrary contractor. And that contractor could be empowered to implement the executive's dictates.
- mullingitover 2y agoTitle 18 of the United States Code, Section 202(a). As a Special Government Employee he's not allowed to work more than 180 days out of 365 (and this > they should in theory be able to delegate to an arbitrary contractor Nothing stopping them, as long as they're able to follow 41 U.S. Code § 2303 regarding conflicts of interest. I know it's controversial right now, but I'm going to come out and say it: corruption is bad. We shouldn't be allowing companies to run amok and capture their regulators. That's putting unelected corporations in power over the people, which will not end well.
- insane_dreamer 2y ago> by law we are well past the point where _by law_ matters to this Administration