When: Wednesday, January 11, 2017, 4:00 — 4:45 p.m. EST
Where: The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036
What:
Donald Trump is expected to share details about his plans for his business operations at a press conference on Wednesday, January 11. Following that event, two of the nation’s leading bipartisan experts on White House ethics will respond to Trump’s announcement at the Brookings Institution.
Over the past months, as questions around potential conflicts of interest in a Trump White House have multiplied, Brookings has been proud to turn to its own Ambassador Norman Eisen for answers. Having served as President Obama’s “ethics czar” from 2009 to 2011, Eisen is one of the nation’s most well-known ethicists. He regularly collaborates with his counterpart from the George W. Bush administration, Professor Richard Painter, to provide bipartisan analysis on issues related to ethics. Painter is a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School and a distinguished scholar of government ethics.
On January 11, Governance Studies at Brookings will host a media roundtable at which Eisen and Painter will share their reactions and answer questions regarding the content of Donald Trump’s press conference.