Investigation: Trump's interior secretary abused his position

[Commodus]

In short: Ryan Zinke not only continued to support a commercial development despite promising to cut ties when he took office... he had agency staff help, and lied to an ethics official about it.

US investigators: Zinke misused his Interior secretary job

Government investigators say former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a Montana development project and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement.

apnews.com

Calling a Trump official corrupt is like calling water wet, so it's not exactly shocking. Still, this is a reminder of just how bad the kleptocracy was in the Trump era. Many of Trump's picks (like Zinke and Scott Pruitt) really did get in hoping to take the money and run.

 

[soulcougher73]

Shocking.

 

[eelw]

Waits for the defenders

 

[dank69]

Waits for the defenders

They'll never see this and if they do they'll ignore it for reasons.

 

[Fenixgoon]

So he's going to be jailed when?

 

[BoomerD]

It would be MORE surprising to find out ANY Trump appointee was NOT corrupt.

 

[vi edit]

Isn't zinke also tied to that electric company with no real history that were selected to help Puerto Rico after the hurricanes?

 

[soulcougher73]

Isn't zinke also tied to that electric company with no real history that were selected to help Puerto Rico after the hurricanes?

Why would they need electricity? Trump handled it the bestest any person could ever hope for.