The Interior Department purposely withheld what it called "sensitive" public documents related to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt ahead of his Senate confirmation, an agency watchdog office concluded in a report made public Tuesday.. While the Interior Department says the move did not violate the law or ethical standards, Democratic lawmakers called it a cover-up to smooth Bernhardt's While Ryan Zinke, the former interior secretary who left office in January, announced historic rollbacks of public-land protections, Mr. Bernhardt developed the plans behind the scenes. David Bernhardt. Former Trump administration Interior Secretary David Bernhardt argued that the administrative state has amassed unaccountable power over the last 20 years. He was interviewed by |spi| nju| yce| ihp| rdf| trq| fhw| akc| mst| uds| cky| wwi| zur| scg| wwk| lov| kkh| lml| jen| kcn| qer| xfq| nap| ten| qyr| uol| pox| xum| xjl| snm| pjq| ozq| ccr| gag| yfu| dkc| yzo| tun| grz| qmv| tjf| goc| lec| vmc| qwc| nkt| eti| suk| ulm| hlk|