Watchdog: Zinke Misused Position Then Lied About It

Feb 17, 2022 View Original Article
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    14% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"The Washington Post reports investigators subpoenaed the developers' emails and text messages and determined Zinke communicated with them about the project 64 times over a year-long period begiing in August 2017."
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16% Conservative
"The investigation by the Interior Department's inspector general found that Zinke continued working with the Great Northern Veterans Peace Park Foundation (which he helped established in 2007) on the commercial project in the community of Whitefish, Montana, even after he committed upon taking office to breaking ties with the foundation."
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14% Conservative
"The AP reports Zinke and his wife were in negotiations with private developers for the use of foundation land for a commercial development project that included a microbrewery."
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12% Conservative
"(Read more Ryan Zinke stories.)"
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2% Conservative
"The report also said that Zinke gave incorrect and incomplete information to an Interior Department ethics official who confronted him over his involvement, and that Zinke directed his staff to assist him with the project in a misuse of his position."
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-14% Liberal
"The report also said that Zinke gave incorrect and incomplete information to an Interior Department ethics official who confronted him over his involvement, and that Zinke directed his staff to assist him with the project in a misuse of his position."
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-14% Liberal
"Zinke is a candidate in the June Republican primary for an open Montana Congressional seat, a position he held prior to joining Trump's cabinet, and his campaign called the report a political hit job."
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-14% Liberal
"Zinke is a candidate in the June Republican primary for an open Montana Congressional seat, a position he held prior to joining Trump's cabinet, and his campaign called the report a political hit job."
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-14% Liberal
"Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a development project in his Montana hometown and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement, according to a report from federal investigators released Wednesday."
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