Watchdog finds former Trump Interior Secretary violated ethics rules

According to a new report from the Interior Department’s internal watchdog released Wednesday, former Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated ethics obligations in his land dealings with Halliburton’s then-chairman. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre breaks down the report’s findings and how it could impact Zinke’s new congressional aspirations.    Kelsey Tamborrino is a reporter covering clean energy and is the host of the POLITICO Energy podcast.  Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO.  Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.  Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO.  Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the interim executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices