Presidential Ethics-Pledge Order Rescinded: Audit finding
Reporting and findings
- documented
The rescission stripped out the predecessor order's contractual ethics-pledge framework for appointees. Separate criminal and ethics statutes stayed in force.
- Republican National Committee: 2024 Republican Party PlatformGovernment accountability commitments
- The White House: Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and ActionsRevocation list including Executive Order 13989
- Associated Press: Trump drops Biden-era ethics rules for his administrationEffect on appointees and lobbying restrictions
- Associated Press: Trump drops Biden-era ethics rules for his administrationRemaining legal framework
People and organizations
- America First Audit: Presidential Ethics-Pledge Order Rescindedaudit case
- Donald J. Trumpcomparison subject