>>> THE WHITE HOUSE REACHES DOWN AND PLUCKS SOMEBODY ELSE OUT OF
THE OFFICE TO PUT THEM IN THE ACTING ROLE RATHER THAN THE
PERSON IT SHOULD DEFAULT TO, EVERYONE SHOULD BE ASKING WHY
WOULD THEY DO THAT? WHAT ADVANTAGE DO THEY THINK
THEY'RE GOING TO GAIN? DO THEY THINK THEY WILL FIND AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL GIVE THEM A BETTER DEAL THAN MS. FINLAYSON
WHO IS TOUGH AS NAILS AND AS EXPERIENCED AS THEY COME.
>> WE GOT THAT HEADS UP TWO NIGHTS AGO FROM WALTER SHAUB WHO
JUST RESIGNED. HE TOLD US TO WATCH FOR HOW THE
WHITE HOUSE FILLED HIS ROLE WITH AN ACTING DIRECTOR.
HE SAID TO WATCH FOR THE WHITE HOUSE POTENTIALLY SKIPPING THE
NEXT PERSON IN LINE TO LEAD THAT AGENCY, SHELLEY FINLAYSON, AND
INSTEAD INSTALLING SOMEBODY ELSE.
HE TOLD US, DOES THE WHITE HOUSE THINK THEY'LL FIND AN INDIVIDUAL
IN THAT OFFICE WHO MIGHT GIVE THEM A BETTER DEAL THAN THE
WOMAN WHO'S NEXT IN LINE? THAT WAS THE WARNING TWO NIGHTS
AGO. NOW WE'VE GOT THE NEWS THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS MADE HIS CHOICE. AND AS WALTER SHAUB WARNED US,
THE PRESIDENT IN FACT SKIPPED OVER SHELLEY FINLAYSON, WHO
WOULD BE THE PERSON NEXT IN LINE, AND INSTEAD TAPPED AN
OFFICIAL IN THE OFFICE WHO SHAUB SAYS, QUOTE, TENDS TO LEAN
TOWARD THE PERMISSIVE END THE SPECTRUM.
HE SAYS, QUOTE, I'M CONCERNED THAT THE WHITE HOUSE MAY BE
TRYING TO ENSURE LOOSER OVERSIGHT.
AND WHO KNOWS? BUT WE GOT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT
TODAY ABOUT THE NEW ACTING DIRECTOR FOR THE ETHICS OFFICE.
AND THEN LO AND BEHOLD, WELL AFTER THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON
THIS SUMMER FRIDAY NIGHT, WE GOT ANOTHER BIG PIECE OF NEWS FROM
THE ETHICS OFFICE CONCERNING THE PRESIDENT'S FAMILY.
JARED KUSHNER HAS AMENDED HIS FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORMS HE IS
REQUIRED TO FILE. TURNS OUT HE MORE THAN 75
DIFFERENT ASSETS THAT HIS LAWYER SAYS HE PLUM FORGOT TO DECLARE
BEFORE. WE GOT THAT NEWS TONIGHT FROM
THE ETHICS OFFICE AT 7:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
KUSHNER UPDATING HIS FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM, REVEALING MORE
THAN 75 NEW ASSETS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HE DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY
DISCLOSE. AND JUST LOOK AT THIS.
IF YOU LOOK AT JARED KUSHNER'S NEW FORM -- CAN WE PUT THAT UP?
YOU WILL SEE THAT THE ETHICS OFFICIAL WHO CERTIFIED THIS FORM
IS THE NEW AND MORE LENIENT ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE.
HIS FORM WAS SIGNED OFF ON BY THE PERSON THE WHITE HOUSE
PLUCKED OUT OF LINE FOR THAT JOB, AND HE SIGNED OFF ON THAT
FORM NOT TODAY WHEN WE GOT IT WELL AFTER CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON
A SUMMER FRIDAY NIGHT. HE ACTUALLY SIGNED OFF ON IT
YESTERDAY, THURSDAY. BUT THEN THAT FORM, FOR SOME
REASON, DOESN'T HIT THE NEWS UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER THE
CLOSE OF BUSINESS. APPARENTLY THAT TIMING IS
UNUSUAL FOR THAT OFFICE. WE SPOKE AGAIN TONIGHT TO WALTER
SHAUB, THE FORMER ETHICS DIRECTOR.
HE TOLD US IT'S BEEN THE AGENCY'S POLICY FOR YEARS TO
RELEASE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES ON THE SAME DAY THEY ARE CERTIFIED.
IF A REPORT SEEMED LIKELY TO GARNER EXTRA ATTENTION, HE SAID
THE OFFICE MADE AN EXTRA EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THE FORMS GOT
RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC THE SAME DAY THEY WERE SIGNED.
THAT IS HOW THEY USED TO DO IT WHEN HE WAS IN CHARGE.
NOW THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS HAND-PICKED SOMEONE TO TAKE OVER
THAT JOB,
