Congressional Candidate Ryan Zinke Violated Ethics Rules While Serving In Trump Administration, IG Report Reveals

Feb 17, 2022 View Original Article
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    38% Moderately Conservative

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  • Politician Portrayal

    46% Negative

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"However, according to the IG report, Ryan Zinke drafted the letter, and submitted it with his wife's signature."
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28% Conservative
"In 2007, the Zinke family was able to create a free and open space for people to enjoy in Whitefish."
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28% Conservative
"In addition, emails and text messages obtained by the Interior IG show[ed] that Secretary Zinke played an extensive, direct, and substantive role in representing the Foundation during negotiations with the 95 Karrow project developers."
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18% Conservative
"The developers met with Zinke in his office at the Department of the Interior and directed his staffers to schedule the meeting and a dier, as well as provide security for a tour of the Lincoln Memorial, according to the report."
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18% Conservative
"Zinke's wife, Lola, oversaw the land development deal, known as 95 Karrow, as part of her position as president of the Great Northern Veterans Peace Park Foundation (GNVPP)."
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8% Conservative
"Zinke, who represented Montana in the House of Representatives for one term, declared Wednesday his candidacy in Montana's new Second District."
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8% Conservative
"In a letter to GNVPP, Zinke claimed he would not manage or provide any other services to Great Northern Veterans Peace Park Foundation during his time as secretary."
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6% Conservative
"Although he formally stepped down from the board upon his appointment as secretary in 2017, Zinke participated in the deal despite pledging to stop participating in the foundation's corporate activities, according to the report."
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2% Conservative
"He quoted at length from a 1910 speech given by former President Theodore Roosevelt in his aouncement video, and his touting his endorsement from former President Donald Trump.A Biden Administration-led report published false information, and was shared with the press as a political hit job -- real shocker."
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2% Conservative
"Zinke resigned his position as Interior Secretary in December 2018, less than two months after the Interior IG referred his conduct to the Justice Department."
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0% Conservative
"Zinke later denied involvement in the project during interviews with Department ethics investigators, claiming that his only involvement was helping his wife with GNVPP's taxes and a personal meeting with land developers in which he made it clear that I had resigned from the board and no longer represent GNVPP in any capacity."
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-12% Liberal
"They didn't even bother to talk to Ryan Zinke, staff, or anyone else who was supposedly involved in the non-existent 'negotiations,' the campaign said in a statement."
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-16% Liberal
"Ryan Zinke Fires Back At Democrat Who Demanded He Resign)Zinke's alleged participation in the negotiations over the lot violated his ethics agreement, in which he pledged not to participate in matters in which GNVPP was a party for one year after his resignation from GNVPP, according to the report."
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-18% Liberal
"Neither Ryan nor Lola Zinke cooperated with the investigation, forcing the IG's office to issue subpoenas."
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-20% Liberal
"Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated federal ethics rules through his involvement in a land development project in Whitefish, Montana, during the time in which he served in the Trump administration, a report released Wednesday by the department's inspector general (IG) revealed."
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-24% Liberal
"Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated federal ethics rules through his involvement in a land development project in Whitefish, Montana, during the time in which he served in the Trump administration, a report released Wednesday by the department's inspector general (IG) revealed."
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-24% Liberal
"Zinke is denying any wrongdoing through his congressional campaign."
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-34% Liberal
"Only in Biden's corrupt admin is talking to one's neighbor about the town's public meetings and history of the land a sin."
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-42% Liberal

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