The Interior Department’s office of inspector general disclosed Monday that it has opened a formal investigation into alleged ethical conflicts by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. He won Senate confirmation four days ago. From columnist hiltzikm:
“We now have an Interior Secretary who has been on the job for one full business day and is already under investigation,” Wyden said in the emailed and. “With Bernhardt’s track record and the number of allegations against him, it’s no surprise.”
Added Warren, “It’s about time that the Department of the Interior opened an investigation into Secretary David Bernhardt’s conflicts of interest...He should have never been confirmed to lead the department with these outstanding ethics complaints.” A spokeswoman for Bernhardt said Monday that he “is in complete compliance with his ethics agreement and all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.” The spokeswoman, Faith Vander Voort, observed that Interior’s ethics office already had cleared Bernhardt of many of the accusations.
“Secretary Bernhardt is hopeful the Inspector General will expeditiously complete a review of the facts associated with the questions,” which she attributed to “Democratic Members of Congress and DC political organizations.”, Bernhardt has pursued policies and taken actions at Interior that would manifestly deliver direct benefits to former clients at the law form of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, which has represented companies in the oil, gas, mining and agriculture industries.
Among those clients is the giant Westlands Water District in California’s Central Valley. Bernhardt has played a role in reconsidering policies and biological assessments that have constrained water supplies to Westlands from the federal Central Valley Project . He also has
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