Trump stonewalls on lobbyists' waivers

Almost immediately after his election, President Trump announced to much fanfare a new and apparently strict revolving-door policy on ethics in hiring, which he later codified as an executive order.

In keeping with his promise to “drain the swamp,” Trump demanded that his new hires sign a pledge that they would not work as registered lobbyists for the first five years after they left the White House, and that they would be banned for life from lobbying for foreign governments.