THINKPROGRESS🦕 Interior secretary will be allowed to meet with 🦖 former fossil fuel clients starting this weekend 
Prior to taking the helm at the Interior Department in 2017, Secretary
David Bernhardt worked as a lobbyist for the oil and gas industry via the Colorado law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.
When he joined the administration,
he 
agreed to recuse himself from certain matters on ethical grounds. His pledge banned Bernhardt from decisions involving his former firm’s clients for two years. Bernhardt was also not able to meet with these companies, unless five or more other stakeholders were present, and nothing relating specifically to the companies was discussed.
But all of this is set to change on Saturday, when his recusal expires.Read more:
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