“A reasonable individual can look at a situation such as that of a very wealthy individual who has government contracts coming into the government where he would be put in a position where he could influence current and future contracts and regulations of his businesses.”
-Statement by John P. Pelissero, the director of government ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, as quoted by The Hill. The reference is to Elon Musk and his potential role leading a new “government efficiency commission” should Donald Trump become president. Mr. Musk, who has received billions in government contracts, is currently attending Trump rallies and spending millions of his own funds to support the Trump campaign. In the same article, former Federal Communications Commission Chair Tom Wheeler stated,
If he is that dependent on the decisions of government, he either needs to totally divest in order to do anything in government, or not take the kind of positions that have been promised or been suggested.
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