Trump drops Biden-era ethics rules for his administration

Reporting cited here

1. reported

   Incoming executive-branch appointees were no longer subject to the rescinded order's pledge terms.

   Effect on appointees and lobbying restrictions

   Presidential Ethics-Pledge Order Rescinded: Affected group · Affected group

2. documented

   The rescission stripped out the predecessor order's contractual ethics-pledge framework for appointees. Separate criminal and ethics statutes stayed in force.

   Effect on appointees and lobbying restrictions

   Presidential Ethics-Pledge Order Rescinded: Audit finding · Cited analysis

3. documented

   The rescission stripped out the predecessor order's contractual ethics-pledge framework for appointees. Separate criminal and ethics statutes stayed in force.

   Remaining legal framework

   Presidential Ethics-Pledge Order Rescinded: Audit finding · Cited analysis

4. reported

   Federal conflict-of-interest and anti-bribery laws were not repealed by the executive-order rescission.

   Remaining legal framework

   Presidential Ethics-Pledge Order Rescinded: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit