Trump Objects After House GOP Votes to Gut Ethics Office

In this May 19, 2015, file photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Republicans on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, voted to eviscerate the Office of Congressional Ethics. Under the ethics change pushed by Goodlatte, the independent body would fall under the control of the House Ethics Committee, which is run by lawmakers. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks at his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik