Secret Corruption ‘Waivers’ and Other Tales from Trump’s Former Ethics Director

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🗓️ 22 October 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Walter Shaub, former director of the United States Office of Government Ethics under the Obama and Trump administration shares “the most horrifying ethical lapse” of the Trump admin that he witnessed—and why he’s annoyed at Biden. Plus, Esquire’s politics blog editor Charles P. Pierce joins to discuss the Ronald Reagan administration’s economic ignorance and how the “the conservative media octopus” made people so anti-vax that they’re actually unAmerican. If you haven't heard, every single week The New Abnormal does a special bonus episode for Beast Inside, the Daily Beast’s membership program. where Sometimes we interview Senators like Cory Booker or the folks who explain our world in media like Jim Acosta or Soledad O’Brien. Sometimes we just have fun and talk to our favorite comedians and actors like Busy Phillips or Billy Eichner and sometimes it's just discussing the fuckery. You can get all of our episodes in your favorite podcast app of choice by becoming a Beast Inside member where you’ll support The Beast’s fearless journalism. Plus! You’ll also get full access to podcasts and articles. To become a member head to newabnormal.thedailybeast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Molly Jongfast and welcome to the Daily Beast, the new abnormal.
0:05.8	I'm a left-wing pundit and an editor at large at the Daily Beast.
0:09.7	We're here to have fun, sharp conversations with some of the smartest people in media,
0:14.8	politics, and science that help make what's happening in the country and the world clearer.
0:20.3	Our world has been turned up to a down.
0:22.5	On the new abnormal, we'll talk about the people who got us into this mess and figure out
0:27.0	how to get ourselves out of it.
0:29.2	And I'm producer Jesse Cannon.
0:30.6	I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails.
0:34.1	This show is pretty thought-provoking.
0:37.2	Charles P. Pierce, who's the editor of the politics bog at the Esquire, is going to bring
0:41.5	us all of his political wisdom.
0:43.7	But first, Walter Schab, who is the former director of the United States Office of Government
0:48.3	Ethics under the Obama Administration, and for a brief moment under the Trump Administration,
0:53.2	and currently heads the project on government oversight, he's going to talk to us about how
0:57.2	the Biden administration is blowing up.
0:59.4	So it's very exciting to have my friend, and I think of you as like Mr. Government
1:04.1	oversight.
1:05.1	So I'm very excited to have you to the new abnormal welcome wall chop.
1:10.0	Well, thanks for having me, and welcome to the Burnett the F*** down episode.
1:16.4	So you come from government oversight.
1:19.8	I want to set this up for people so they sort of understand where you're coming from.
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