Doug Burgum admits conflict of interest at Senate hearing

11 articles · Updated · AlterNet · May 9

The admission came during an April 29 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's Interior Department budget request on Capitol Hill.
The latest report centres on Burgum's acknowledgement of an ethics issue during testimony before lawmakers reviewing departmental spending plans.
The disclosure could intensify scrutiny of the Trump administration's oversight, ethics compliance and decision-making at the Department of the Interior.

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