Welp, get ready to indict all of DC.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5880727/Sarah-Sanders-restaurant-tweet-official-White-House-account-clear-violation-law.html
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/5/2635.702
Neither ethical nor legal. I wonder which one the elite media will care about…
*benefit, "financial or otherwise"
The argument is she's forcing a private business to provide her their stated service in exchange for payment.
It's horseshit, but they'll twist and turn anything.
I'm sure we could find 1,000s of actual examples. Maybe we should ;)