Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue entered office with ties to a web of Georgia-based entities, including his family's businesses, Perdue Partners: We want to know whether his own personal interests are influencing policy: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
His calendars reveal that on the day after he was sworn in, he met with members of the Georgia Farm Bureau at a breakfast that also included his cousin, Sen. David Perdue, and he traveled back to Georgia 13 times at taxpayer expense in 2017: americanoversight.org/document/usda-…
Given that the USDA has pursued policy changes — including lowering nutritional standards for school lunches — that could benefit large agribusinesses, we sued for Secretary Perdue's communications with industry interests: americanoversight.org/document/compl…
We also sued USDA for Perdue's communications with his family businesses — including emails sent from a personal account: americanoversight.org/new-lawsuit-se…
Secretary Perdue is not the only Trump appointee with potential ethics concerns related to home state interests. DOT Secretary Elaine Chao's calendars show a strong bias toward meeting with Kentucky officials and groups: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
