Kayleigh McEnany's new volunteer role with the Trump campaign raises ethics questions

While the White House waived McEnany's ethics pledge ahead of her Republican National Committee appearance, Kedric Payne, the general counsel and senior ethics director at the Campaign Legal Center, told Salon that her role as former campaign spokesperson complicated that rationale — and smacked of desperation. "White House officials are generally permitted to volunteer for the campaign, but McEnany's ethics pledge was intended to bar her from working with the campaign because it is her former employer," Payne said.

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