corruption

“My office is committed to rooting out corruption in the international marketplace and protecting investors from those who seek to enrich themselves at the expense of the integrity of our financial markets,” he added.

But critics argue he may not be the right man for the job, given that his administration was hit by economic problems and a string of corruption scandals.

How will Republican majorities in Congress respond to instances of corruption if and as they occur in the administration?

“It will create the perception of corruption and foreign influence in a way that will actually be bad for the Trump administration, in addition to bad for the country,” Schake said.

His remit was to “clean up the corruption,” “end the conflicts of interest,” and “return those agencies to their rich tradition of gold standard, empirically based, evidence-based science, evidence-based medicine,” Kennedy said.