Trouble is brewing for Deputy Commerce Secretary nominee Todd Ricketts https://t.co/FZGUZIMK9s pic.twitter.com/3vIN87XEy2

— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 28, 2017

“…Sources close to Ricketts say the nominee is committed to working through the complex requests from the Office of Government Ethics but added that a White House waiver may be required to keep Ricketts from withdrawing.

Waivers can be obtained if the White House wants to recuse an official from a “particular matter” if it would have a “direct and predictable effect on the employee’s own financial interests.”

The problem Ricketts has encountered is that family business holdings he is linked to are so numerous and widespread that many of the duties of deputy commerce secretary could intersect with them…”