http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/firs...it-his-n763491
One of his first acts was to sign an executive order banning members of his administration for becoming lobbyists. But it hasn't stopped lobbyists from joining the administration. They do not want you to find out about it.
Meanwhile, this news appears to undercut another of Trump's campaign promises -- to drain Washington's swamp. "The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government's top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose the names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the White House or federal agencies," the New York Times says. "The latest conflict came in recent days when the White House, in a highly unusual move, sent a letter to Walter M. Shaub Jr., the head of the Office of Government Ethics, asking him to withdraw a request he had sent to every federal agency for copies of the waivers. In the letter, the administration challenged his legal authority to demand the information.
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