Public Citizen Statement on Trump's Lobby Ban Revocation
January 21, 2021
January 21, 2021
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Public Citizen issued the following joint statement:
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In one of his last acts as president, President Donald Trump today revoked his own executive order requiring federal government appointees to sign a pledge to not lobby the agencies in which they worked for five years after leaving the administration. Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, and Lisa Gilbert, executive vice president, released the following statements in response:
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In one of his last acts as president, President Donald Trump today revoked his own executive order requiring federal government appointees to sign a pledge to not lobby the agencies in which they worked for five years after leaving the administration. Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, and Lisa Gilbert, executive vice president, released the following statements in response: