FORMER US ETHICS CHIEF: Trump's web of conflicts poses a danger to democracy

Trump's conflicts of interest are costing taxpayers millions of dollars, says Walter Shaub, a former head of the US Office of Government Ethics. 
The president's casual approach to ethics sets a terrible precedent that must become "an aberration rather than the new rule," he told Columbia Law School.
 
President Donald Trump made a bold claim after the US election: As president, he could not have any conflicts of interest.
"I could actually run my business," Trump