Gingrich added, “I've noticed on a couple of fronts, like people chanting ‘lock her up,’ that he’s in a different role now and maybe he feels that as president, as the next president of the United States, that he should be marginally more dignified than talking about alligators in swamps.”

One has to give the former speaker of the House credit—it isn’t every politician who could, with a straight face, suggest that attacking corruption would be an undignified course of action. In part, Gingrich seemed to be referring to the messaging itself—the vocabulary of alligators and swamps—but it also seems likely that Trump’s team would want less conversation about corruption altogether.

For good reason. First, there are Trump’s own conflicts of interest, which remain vast, multifarious, and generally unaddressed. The president-elect canceled a news conference planned for last week to talk about how he’d resolve his business dealings. His team has said he’ll handle them in January, but they’ve set no date, and given that Trump’s general M.O. has been to filibuster issues until he no longer talks about them, some skepticism is warranted about that.

On Wednesday, Politico reported that Trump is considering a “half-blind” trust as an answer to concerns about how his remaining business interests could affect his decision-making as president. Josh Gerstein reports:

In a typical blind trust arrangement approved by federal ethics authorities, an incoming official’s investments are transferred to an institutional financial manager who oversees them without reporting details to the owner. Assets that risk a conflict of interest are sold off over time and replaced with assets the official is not informed about.

In essence, the half-blind trust allows Trump to treat the assets as no longer his, while still allowing him to know about how his businesses are faring and to reap revenue from them. It’s unclear whether federal ethics authorities would sanction the arrangement.

As I’ve written before, there’s no real path for Trump to separate himself from the Trump Organization, because it’s not a traditional business: What it’s selling is Trump’s surname and reputation. Trump has previously suggested that he’d solve his conflicts of interest by handing the Trump Organization’s management off to his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, while his daughter Ivanka advises him in government.

But the Trump kids are on the hot seat over the last few days too. On Tuesday, the Opening Day Foundation abruptly changed a fundraiser that promised access to Trump on January 21, the day after Inauguration Day, as well as a chance to hunt or fish with Donald Jr. and Eric. After attention to the bill, Opening Day removed references to the Trumps from the fundraiser. The Trump campaign issued a statement distancing itself: “The Opening Day event and details that have been reported are merely initial concepts that have not been approved or pursued by the Trump family. Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are avid outdoorsmen and supporters of conservation efforts, which align with the goals of this event, however they are not involved in any capacity.”