Trump Interior official acknowledges role in grazing changes benefiting family ranches
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Updated · The Washington Post · May 9
Trump Interior official acknowledges role in grazing changes benefiting family ranches
8 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · May 9
The admission came in a December event video, and ethics experts said the involvement could violate federal conflict-of-interest law.
The remarks linked the appointee directly to Interior grazing policy changes that aided ranching businesses like her family's, prompting calls for a watchdog investigation.
The case raises broader questions about ethics compliance in the Trump administration and whether officials helped shape policy affecting their own financial interests.
When does an official's industry expertise become a prohibitive conflict of interest in shaping public policy?
Can an ethics waiver retroactively excuse an official's potential prior conflicts of interest?