Trump to 'take a look' at Zinke ethics allegations

President Trump said Monday he would “take a look” at the allegations that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated ethics rules, but added he has not yet seen the claims, which have been referred to the Justice Department. “I think he’s done a very good job. I do think he’s done a very good job,” Trump told reporters shortly before boarding Air Force One for a series of campaign rallies on the eve of Tuesday's midterm elections. “I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ll take a look. I’m going to look at any reports, I’ll take a look. Certainly, I would not be happy with that at all,” Trump said of the allegations, adding again that Zinke has “done a very good job as secretary.” Interior’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigators have at least seven ongoing investigations involving Zinke...MORE

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...Even so, people in the industry said Monday that they’re starting to assume his time at Interior will be limited. “It seems to me like this is one of those walking dead situations and there’s something there that hasn’t come out yet,” said Dan Eberhart, a Republican donor and CEO of oilfield services company Canary LLC. Some in the industry also said the horse-riding former Montana congressman has proved mildly disappointing as Interior secretary — that while he came into the job as a somewhat known commodity, he turned out to have fewer energy contacts and less knowledge than they would have hoped. “Even people out [West] are, like, we don’t actually know him that well,” said a person in the industry who works with companies that operate on federal land Interior oversees, who requested anonymity to avoid jeopardizing clients' business and relationships with the agency. “But he looks like us, he talks likes us, he wears the same clothes as us and he came in pretty fast and picked some good people. There’s a perception that he worked really quickly and for a while there was a reputation that he had the ear of the president.” Multiple sources described the Navy veteran as an ambitious Cabinet member who has long been eyeing his next gig as he tries to implement Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda, chiefly by removing regulations on drilling, mining and fracking. Allies have said he also may be interested in running for higher office in coming years — and the Montana governor’s seat will come up in 2020.