Government officials must strictly comply with financial conflict of interest statutes to avoid criminality.

“he would commit a crime if he participated in a government matter that had Direct and predictable impact on his companies on his government contracts and the like”

The rampant corruption and lack of moral standards in the current political climate have eroded institutional trust in the American public.

“I think what happened is that institutional trust in the country just completely cratered. And so, people put all of this beside them now and they're like, "Yeah, you guys are all garbage."”

Government ethics experts believe that Jared Kushner's status as a volunteer envoy allowing him to avoid strict financial disclosure laws undermines the spirit of federal regulations.

“Most government ethics experts that we, you know, we we've spoken to say that that really does flout the spirit if not the letter of of u you know, federal disclosure laws.”