NBC News: “The office tasked with overseeing ethics and conflicts in the federal government struggled to gain access to leaders of the Trump transition team, and warned Trump aides about making decisions on nominees or blind trusts without ethics guidance, according to new emails obtained by MSNBC. Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub emailed Trump aides in November to lament that despite his office’s repeated outreach, “we seem to have lost contact with the Trump-Pence transition since the election.” Trump aides may also be risking “embarrassment for the President-elect,” Shaub warned, by “announcing cabinet picks” without letting the ethics office review their financial information in advance…”

• Related – WSJ.com – Senate Is Moving Fast to Get Trump Cabinet in Place – “The GOP-controlled Senate is moving quickly this week to help install President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, holding multiple hearings on a day when the chamber also will vote on a measure aimed at repealing much of the 2010 health law.”