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Investigation: Former Trump Interior Secretary misused his position

Episode Summary

According to a new report from the Interior Department’s internal watchdog released Wednesday, former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke during the Trump administration violated ethics obligations in his land dealings with a Halliburton executive. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre breaks down the report’s findings and how it could impact Zinke’s congressional aspirations.

Episode Notes

According to a new report from the Interior Department’s internal watchdog released Wednesday, former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke during the Trump administration violated ethics obligations in his land dealings with a Halliburton executive. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre breaks down the report’s findings and how it could impact Zinke’s congressional aspirations.

 

Kelsey Tamborrino is a reporter covering clean energy and is the host of the POLITICO Energy podcast. 

Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the interim executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.