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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump signed the law to require presidential ethics pledges. Now he is exempting himself from it

A bipartisan bill to boost transparency and make sure incoming presidents stick to an ethics plan was so uncontroversial that it passed the Senate by a voice vote in 2020. Donald Trump then signed it into law.

But now, after blowing past deadlines to adhere to the law after winning the White House a second time, Trump appears to have excluded himself from those same ethical guidelines.

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