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Government ethics director on why he's resigning

Walter Shaub, the government's top ethics watchdog, is calling it quits after repeated clashes with the Trump administration. The director of the Office of Government Ethics made the announcement Thursday in a letter to President Trump, writing government officials must "place loyalty to the Constitution, laws, and ethical principles above private gain." Julianna Goldman spoke to Shaub just after his resignation.
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