Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke could have avoided spending $12,375 on a charter flight following a speech to a hockey team owned by a former donor, government investigators said. bloomberg.com/politics/artic…
Ethics officers OKed the flight w/out knowing the hockey team was owned by a former donor to Ryan Zinke or that the motivational speech on teamwork would be unrelated to Zinke’s job, Interior’s inspector general found.
An ethics officer told the IG the donor detail alone wouldn’t have changed her decision to OK the trip - but it might have prompted a discussion about the “optics” of Zinke’s involvement. Zinke’s charter/military jets last year “generally” followed relevant rules, IG said. (3/3)
