Top DOI Official Met With His Former Employer, Koch-Linked Foundation

"A high-level official at the Department of the Interior held meetings with a previous employer, the Koch-linked Texas Public Policy Foundation, while it was involved in legal action against the department, according to newly obtained documents."

"As allegations of ethics violations mount at the Environmental Protection Agency, new evidence is raising ethics concerns about key Trump administration appointees at the Department of the Interior.

Records reviewed by the Guardian and Pacific Standard show that a high-level official at the Department of the Interior, Douglas Domenech, held meetings with a previous employer, the Koch-linked Texas Public Policy Foundation, while it was involved in legal action against the department.

Under the ethics rules of the Department of the Interior, a powerful agency that manages hundreds of millions of acres of federal land, employees are usually required to recuse themselves from working on specific matters that involve recent employers and that could create the appearance of a conflict of interest."

Jimmy Tobias reports for the Guardian/Pacific Standard May 14, 2018.

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