Bernhardt, who’s running Interior as acting secretary, previously worked as an attorney there and has a firm grasp of the department. But as a former lobbyist, he’s burdened with numerous conflicts of interest.
David Bernhardt, 49, has guided the Interior Department as acting secretary since Jan. 2, a few weeks after Ryan Zinke resigned amid multiple ethics probes. By Darryl Fears Darryl Fears Reporter focusing on the Chesapeake Bay and issues affecting wildlife Email Bio Follow March 8 at 6:04 PM More than a month after President Trump signaled he would pick David Bernhardt to run the Interior Department, he finally made the selection official Friday.
If confirmed, the Colorado native would be well positioned to roll back even more of the Obama-era conservation policies he has worked to unravel since rejoining Interior. Bernhardt is a former Capitol Hill staffer who served as Interior’s top lawyer under President George W. Bush, and set out to master law and policy in a bid to advance conservative agendas. But as a former partner at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, he has so many potential conflicts of interest at Interior that he has said he carries a small card listing them all.
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