“Ryan Zinke will go down as the most anti-conservation Interior secretary in our nation’s history,” said Jennifer Rokala, executive director of the Center for Western Priorities. Administration officials concluded weeks ago that Zinke was the Cabinet member most vulnerable to congressional investigations once Democrats took control of Congress in January. Rick Scott (R), which was not approved in advance by the White House, and a ruling to allow imports of elephant trophies. [‘The man behind the curtain’: Meet David Bernhardt, now atop DOI]The jockeying has already begun to replace Zinke as secretary. The positions of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross remain precarious, according to White House officials.

Source: Washington Post December 15, 2018 14:23 UTC