Transportation Department Defends Secretary on Ethics Accusation

Government Executive: The Transportation Department is defending Secretary Elaine Chao from suggestions that she may have used her office to aid her extended family’s shipping business.

As reported over the weekend by Politico, Chao—a Chinese-American whose Taiwanese father is CEO of a New York City-based shipping company focused on Asia—has been appearing in videos alongside her father with the department’s flag and logo in the background.

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