Top Republican demands audit of Interior Department ethics office

A key House Republican is seeking an audit of the Interior Department’s ethics office following multiple reports of ethical misconduct from senior Biden administration officials.

In a letter Monday to the Interior Department’s inspector general, Arkansas Rep. Bruce Westerman said he had “significant concerns” that the Departmental Ethics Office is failing to ensure compliance after two watchdog groups last Tuesday accused Elizabeth Klein, Secretary Deb Haaland‘s senior counselor, of working on matters that involve her former employer and clients.