Prof. Painter Quoted on U.S. Ambassador to China's Risky Campaign Moves

In remarks reported on Politico, The Huffington Post and other news services, Professor Richard Painter, who was the chief White House ethics lawyer for President Bush from 2005-2007, called on the United States Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman Jr., to "come home immediately" because a PAC had been started to launch his 2012 Presidential campaign. Painter noted that the Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from running for office in partisan political races and that campaign contributors could exacerbate conflicts of interest for a U.S. China envoy who wants to be President.