A leader of President Donald Trump’s new effort to combat waste, fraud and abuse within federal benefit programs has a financial conflict of interest but may continue his government service anyway, according to a White House memo reviewed by NOTUS.
Jetson Leder-Luis’ “disqualifying financial interest” in Amazon.com is “not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity” of his work as deputy executive director of Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, White House counsel David Warrington wrote in the memo dated April 16.
As of April, Leder-Luis’ wife owned unvested restricted stock units in Amazon.com worth a projected $237,558, according to the memo, which granted Leder-Luis a “limited waiver” from federal conflict-of-interest law.