Politics

This is Donald Trump’s plan for government ethics reform

Donald Trump released a government ethics reform plan Monday night, an initiative he claims will shake up the status quo in the nation’s capital.

“It’s time to drain the swamp in Washington, D.C.,” Trump said in a statement accompanying the five-point plan.

The plan calls for a law banning “all executive branch officials lobbying the government for 5 years after they leave government service.”

It also calls for Congress instituting a similar, “5-year ban on lobbying by former members of Congress and their staffs.”

Also, the GOP presidential candidate wants the definition of “lobbyist” expanded so that “we close all the loopholes that former government officials use by labeling themselves consultants and advisers when we all know they are lobbyists.”

The plan would also “issue a lifetime ban against senior executive branch officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government” and would include Congress passing “a campaign finance reform that prevents registered foreign lobbyists from raising money in American elections.”

Trump claimed the plan would also jumpstart the economy.

“Not only will we end our government corruption, but we will end the economic stagnation,” he said.