“While the secretary continues to project confidence, questions have grown since the election about his future plans, and the White House reportedly fears that he would be unable to withstand scrutiny on Capitol Hill,” Grijalva wrote.
“Those fears are justified. Mr. Zinke has never even tried to offer an explanation for the sheer scope of his well-documented scandals.”
As Ranking member of the House Natural Resources committee, Grijalva has lead multiple inquiries into Zinke, including requesting Interior's Inspector Generals (IG) office look into reports that the secretary unlawfully entered into a real estate deal with the Chairman of oil services company Halliburton. The IG’s office last month referred that investigation to the Department of Justice.
“The important thing to us was that Mr. Zinke not be allowed to treat his office as a source of personal enrichment. The fact that the Justice Department was alerted is Mr. Zinke’s fault, not the fault of the media or anyone else his office has chosen to blame,” he wrote.
The future likely head of the House committee that oversees the Interior Department called for Secretary Ryan Zinke to resign. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (R-Ariz.) said Zinke needs to step down from his job, in a USA Today Op-ed Friday, citing the cabinet secretary’s “ethical and managerial failings.”...MORE
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