Ryan zinke behaved unethically
Former Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused cabinet position, investigation finds
Matthew BrownAssociated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Government investigators say former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a development project in his Montana hometown and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement.
The Interior Department’s inspector general said in a report made public Wednesday that Zinke continued working with a foundation on the commercial project in the community of Whitefish, Montana even after he committed upon taking office to breaking ties with the foundation.
The report also says Zinke gave incorrect and incomplete information to an Interior Department ethics official who confronted him over his involvement and that Zinke directed his staff to assist him with the project in a misuse of his position.
The Great Northern Veterans Peace Park Foundation was established by Zinke and others in 2007. Zinke and his wife were in negotiations with private developers for the use of foundation land for a commercial development project.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/02/16/ryan-zinke-acted-unethically-trump-interior-secretary-ig-concludes/6814905001/
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