Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, who just a few months ago President Trump appointed to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has resigned over the revelation of a conflict of interest.
It seems that Dr. Fitzgeral has a history of investing in tobacco companies. Politico reported Tuesday evening that she had purchased shares in a tobacco company since taking her position as head of the CDC.
Why is this a conflict of interest? The CDC is the federal agency most focused on driving down rates of smoking, which is the #1 preventable cause of disease and death in the United States. By Wednesday afternoon, the HHS Secretary had accepted Dr. Fitzgerald's resignation.
Damn. Team Trump just doesn't seem to get this vetting thing.
Rachel Maddow is keeping a running tally of all the senior and second tier officials that have had to resign from the Trump administration. I think it's now up to about 30. And now we hear that a big scandal is brewing involving Ben Carson's authorizing (despite warnings not to) hundreds of thousands of dollars on an event that benefited his son's business. Even honest Ben, huh? Trump contaminates everyone who works for him.
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