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Undated:
David L. Bernhardt
(born August 17, 1969) is an American attorney, lobbyist and government
administrator who serves as Acting
United States Secretary of the Interior. A partner and shareholder at the
Colorado
law firm
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck,[1]
he began working for the
United States Department of the Interior in 2001,[2]
and served as the department's solicitor from 2006 to 2009, among other roles.[3][4]
On April 28, 2017, President
Donald
Trump nominated him to be the
United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior.[5]
He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 24, 2017.[6]
He was then sworn into office on August 1, 2017.[7]
He became Acting
Secretary of the Interior on January 2, 2019, replacing
Ryan Zinke.[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bernhardt
Undated:
Lobbyists in (and out of) the Trump
Administration
President Donald Trump signed an
Executive Order
within his first days of office forbidding Executive Branch appointees from
lobbying for five years after employment in the Administration. The Order also
forbids former registered lobbyists now working in the White House from
participating in areas they had previously lobbied on for a period of two years.
Despite this directive, these men and women made their way through the revolving
door and were either previously lobbyists and now work in the Trump
Administration or were previously in the Administration and work as lobbyists.
[Includes David Bernhardt]
https://www.opensecrets.org/trump/lobbyists
-- 2018 --
November
19: Zinke’s #2 has so many potential conflicts of
interest he has to carry a list of them all
Bernhardt’s relentless work ethic helps explain how he’s managed to advance
Trump’s pro-industry agenda over the nation’s public lands. Having worked for
years as a lobbyist representing many of the very businesses he now regulates,
he walked into the No. 2 job at Interior with so many potential conflicts of
interest he has to carry a small card listing them all.
“This is the deep state,” said Jim Lyons, who served as deputy assistant
secretary for land and minerals management under Barack Obama. “He is the guy
behind the curtain who’s manipulating everything, which he can do with his
wealth of knowledge and experience.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-man-behind-the-curtain-interiors-no-2-helps-drive-trumps-agenda/2018/11/18/6403eb4c-e9ff-11e8-b8dc-66cca409c180_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.40e23379edd2
December 16: Former fossil fuels lobbyist to
head interior department as Zinke exits
David Bernhardt’s new job means top two US environmental agencies will be helmed
by people once paid by industry
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/16/david-bernhardt-ryan-zinke-lobbyist-interior-department
-- 2019 --
Undated: David R. Bernhardt
Dept of the Interior
Deputy Secretary, Dept of the Interior
Employment Timeline
https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=19180
January 3: A brief guide to David Bernhardt,
Ryan Zinke’s replacement at the Interior Department
Three things to know about the former oil lobbyist who’s now acting Interior
secretary.
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/1/3/18165562/david-bernhardt-interior-ryan-zinke
January 8: Acting Interior Secretary David
Bernhardt Is Big Oil’s Lapdog
Bernhardt has government experience; he worked for President George W. Bush and
was part of Trump’s transition team. One of his claims to fame from the Bush era
is authorship of a document that made it more difficult to designate endangered
species. He’s been eager to extend his record on
stripping protections for wildlife to make it easier to exploit natural
resources on federal lands.
In the private sector, he’s represented the oil and gas industry, as well as
agribusiness and what environmentalists describe as “water
profiteers.” Advocates say that Bernhardt has
failed to fully disclose and account for his lobbying activities, which is
an especially big concern when former clients are approaching the department for
permits, regulatory guidance and other needs.
Like
other Trump officials, Bernhardt’s connections raise concerns about
conflicts of interest and whether he can truly serve the best interests of the
American public. He’s been involved in several decisions that
favored former connections, which isn’t a great precedent.
https://www.care2.com/causes/acting-interior-secretary-david-bernhardt-is-big-oils-lapdog.html
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