Saturday, September 9, 2017

Trump Administration ethics entanglements: 9 officials getting lobbied by previous employers

Trump Administration ethics entanglements: 9 officials getting lobbied by previous employers

"under Obama’s ethics rules, lobbyists weren’t able to join an executive agency they lobbied for two years. The Trump administration has no such rule, and the administration is taking advantage of that omission: one watchdog group determined a quarter of ex-lobbyists in the administration lobbied on issues they worked on in the prior two years."