In one of his last acts in office, President Trump revoked his administration’s five-year lobbying ban on former administration officials, in a Wednesday morning executive order, according to Politico.
Shortly after he entered office, Trump signed an executive order that barred appointees from any lobbying related to their agency for five years, in addition to a lifetime ban on lobbying for a foreign government. Every Trump appointee was required to sign a pledge agreeing to those rules. But in a last-minute move early Wednesday, Trump reversed the order and allowed the revolving door in Washington to continue swinging.
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