Post by benson on Nov 30, 2016 14:06:47 GMT
President-elect Donald Trump isn’t the only one getting questions about mixing family affairs with work.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), whose wife Elaine Chao is Trump’s pick for transportation secretary, was asked if he plans to recuse himself from her Senate confirmation process.
McConnell’s answer? In a word: no.
“I’ve heard rumors that it should be an outstanding appointment,” McConnell said to laughs at a Senate news conference Tuesday. “Someone actually asked if I was going to recuse myself. Let me be quite clear: I will not be recusing myself.”
www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/11/29/mcconnell-says-he-wont-recuse-himself-from-wifes-cabinet-confirmation/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.34a76bb08564#comments
Wow.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), whose wife Elaine Chao is Trump’s pick for transportation secretary, was asked if he plans to recuse himself from her Senate confirmation process.
McConnell’s answer? In a word: no.
“I’ve heard rumors that it should be an outstanding appointment,” McConnell said to laughs at a Senate news conference Tuesday. “Someone actually asked if I was going to recuse myself. Let me be quite clear: I will not be recusing myself.”
www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/11/29/mcconnell-says-he-wont-recuse-himself-from-wifes-cabinet-confirmation/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.34a76bb08564#comments
Wow.
