Presidential Ethics-Pledge Order Rescinded

2025-01-20

unresolved

Audit finding: unresolved
The rescission removed the predecessor order's contractual ethics-pledge framework for appointees; separate criminal and ethics statutes remained in force.
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People and impacts

Who paid: 2025-01-20Incoming executive-branch appointees were no longer subject to the rescinded order's pledge terms.Open cited record
Executive-branch appointees

Evidence chronology

promise2024-07-08documented
The Republican platform pledged to end corruption and hold government actors accountable.
- Republican National Committee: 2024 Republican Party Platform2024-07-08 · Government accountability commitments
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action2025-01-20documented
Trump's initial-rescissions order revoked Executive Order 13989, which had required an ethics pledge from Biden appointees.
- The White House: Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions2025-01-20 · Revocation list including Executive Order 13989
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affected group2025-01-20reported
Incoming executive-branch appointees were no longer subject to the rescinded order's pledge terms.
- Associated Press: Trump drops Biden-era ethics rules for his administration2025-01-21 · Effect on appointees and lobbying restrictions
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limitation2025-01-21reported
Federal conflict-of-interest and anti-bribery laws were not repealed by the executive-order rescission.
- Associated Press: Trump drops Biden-era ethics rules for his administration2025-01-21 · Remaining legal framework
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limitation
Federal conflict-of-interest and anti-bribery laws were not repealed by the executive-order rescission.