Ryan Zinke Is Now Taking Clients From Industries He Oversaw in Trump’s Cabinet

  • One-time lawmaker left administration amid ethics probes
  • Zinke says he was cleared of wrongdoing, dismisses inquiries
Ryan ZinkePhotographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is lining up consulting clients in industries regulated by his former department at the same time he decries the ethics investigations that drove him from the Trump administration.

In an interview with Bloomberg News, the former congressman and U.S. Navy SEAL dismissed the 15 ethics probes of his dealings atop the Interior Department as “BS.”