Biden's revolving door: Union lobbyists land administration posts with ethics waivers

The Biden Administration has granted nine ethics waivers for executive branch officials with ties to big labor and other organizations that would typically prevent them from interacting with their former employers from their new government perches.

Exemptions are made in every administration, but it is important to stay abreast of exactly who the beneficiaries of the waived standards are and why, according to Michael Chamberlain, director of Protect the Public's Trust, a new government ethics watchdog group.

Prior to her new gig, Predeoux was a top lobbyist at the American Federation of Government Employees, a union that represents hundreds of thousands of government workers.

The goal of Protect the Public's Trust is to highlight the line separating the work of the executive branch on behalf of the American public from policies that will be influenced by officials hopping from special interest groups to the federal government.

"[W]as the waiver given because it's helping to defend the government's attempt to pursue the public's interest, or is the waiver given because they're defending the administration's attempts to advance their policy agenda?" Chamberlain asked in an interview with "Just the News AM" Tuesday.

While Predeoux's appointment and subsequent exemption has ruffled the feathers of those who believe the Biden administration is already inappropriately indebted to labor unions, Chamberlain says the bigger picture issue is public trust in government and its motivations.

These kinds of things don't instill further trust" in government.

https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/hold-biden-administration-grants-ethics-waivers-union-lobbyists