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Trump’s interior chief faces ethics investigation just days after being confirmed

By John Siciliano
Published April 15, 2019 9:26pm ET
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Trump’s interior chief faces ethics investigation just days after being confirmed
David Bernhardt, a former oil and gas lobbyist, speaks before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at his confirmation hearing to head the Interior Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Interior Department’s inspector general on Monday opened an investigation into ethics claims surrounding David Bernhardt, Trump’s newly appointed interior secretary.

The Interior Department confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the probe was initiated on Monday at the request of Democrats, just days after he was confirmed by the Senate.

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