Elon Musk's recent appointment by President Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency has raised significant ethical concerns. The department, lacking congressional oversight, allows Musk to make critical personnel decisions while having billion-dollar contracts with the federal government. Experts warn that Musk's self-policing in light of his conflicts of interest is insufficient. Norm Eisen, a former White House ethics czar, emphasized the importance of ethics laws in safeguarding public interest, criticizing the arrangement's legality and Trump's repeated legal violations regarding court directives.
The ethics laws are there to protect against conflicts. So, people who are working for the government are serving the public interest, not their own interest.
You're a former White House ethics czar. I was in that courtroom in New York. He broke the judge's directive again and again. He was fined and he didn't stop until the judge threatened him with jail.
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