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The New Politics Leadership Academy fellowships did not necessarily look blatantly unethical, but that the appearance of being paid to wait for the next election round could raise ethical issues, according to John Pelissero, a senior scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and professor emeritus of political science at Loyola University Chicago.

“They have experience in running for office. They've been through a campaign. Does a fellowship makes sense?” Pelissero said. “They've already gained through practical experience what one might think the fellowship, the educational aspect of the tax-exempt fellowship program, would be designed to provide particularly to people who have not run for office before.”

John Pelissero, senior scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and professor emeritus of political science at Loyola University Chicago quoted in the Washington Examiner.