The swamp just got a little swampier.
Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who resigned last year after he blew through mountains of taxpayer dollars on frivolous personal expenses, has made the jump from politics to lobbying, according to a new report from Politico.
The article reads:
Jason Osborne, a partner at Turnberry, said Lewandowski won’t do any work that would require him to register as a lobbyist, but said that Zinke was likely to do so.
It’s not out of the ordinary for members of Congress or the cabinet to make the jump from politics to lobbying. At this point, it’s not even that notable for someone from Trump’s immediate orbit to go into lobbying. The Zinke hire, however, marks a first for a former member of Trump’s cabinet.
“Zinke’s quick turn to the lobbying world and his move alongside Lewandowski also shows the appetite among the president’s allies to cash in on their high-profile positions, even when they’ve been dogged by controversy,” Politico notes.
Zinke, for his part, said in a statement that he was “excited to join Turnberry Solutions and I look forward to helping companies navigate the Washington, DC bureaucracy.”
Oh, I bet he’s excited. And just like that, the swamp just got a little bigger.
