President Trump removed the director of the Office of Government Ethics, the independent agency responsible for overseeing ethics rules for the executive branch.

President Donald Trump removed the head of the Office of Government Ethics from his post, the agency said Monday – the latest ...

Linsey Davis spoke with David Huitema, the former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, two days after President Trump dismissed him from his role.

While the OGE director is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate, director serve five-year terms to ensure that their tenures are not attached to the presidents who appointed them.