Trump Transportation Chief Cited for Questionable Ethics by Watchdog
- Case was referred to prosecutors who declined to pursue matter
- She calls allegations baseless; says report’s an exoneration
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The Transportation Department’s watchdog concluded last year that then-Secretary Elaine Chao may have violated ethics rules and requested an investigation by the Justice Department, then run by Trump appointees who declined to pursue the case.
Chao attempted to include members of her family, who run a shipping line, on an official government trip in apparent violation of ethics rules, a report by the department’s Inspector General found.