Former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt did not violate departmental ethics and conflict of interest rules as secretary when dealing with a California agency for which he once lobbied, according to a report from the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Bernhardt, who served as Interior Secretary from 2019 to 2021, did both legal and lobbying work for the Westlands Water District (WWD) in central California before joining the Trump administration in 2017.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3820012-watchdog-trump-interior-secretary-did-not-violate-ethics-rules-with-former-client/