David Bernhardt, the Interior Department’s No. 2 official and a former fossil fuel lobbyist, took over Wednesday as acting secretary after the resignation of scandal-plagued agency chief Ryan Zinke. Several are ongoing, and one has been referred by Interior’s internal watchdog to the Justice Department for possible criminal violations. It's been a high honor to serve @POTUS & the American People as @Interior Secretary. pic.twitter.com/JXzVmrpDTg — Secretary Ryan Zinke (@SecretaryZinke) January 2, 2019Trump has not nominated a permanent replacement, as he said he would do in a post to Twitter last month.

Source: Huffington Post January 02, 2019 21:45 UTC