Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke met at department headquarters in August with Halliburton Chairman David Lesar and other developers involved in a Montana real estate deal that relied on help from a foundation Zinke established, according to a participant in the meeting and records cited by House Democrats late Thursday.

…The new details raise further questions about Zinke’s involvement in the project, and whether his conversations with the developers — especially in Interior’s office — violated federal conflict of interest laws given Halliburton’s extensive business before this department.

…Ethics analysts have said Zinke, with his wife serving as the nonprofit’s head, may not be removed enough from its actions to ward off an appearance of conflict of interest.

Zinke’s Halliburton mess deepens – POLITICO

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