How Industry Insiders Are Running the Department of Commerce - Public Citizen
Public Citizen's report finds that roughly 30 of about 110 senior Trump-appointed Commerce Department officials, including Secretary Howard Lutnick, have apparent conflicts of interest, with former lobbyists and corporate executives overseeing policies affecting their former clients and employers. The report details Lutnick's late and incomplete divestment of Cantor Fitzgerald, his ties to Tether and AI data centers, and recommends recusal pledges, public ethics waivers, and agency ethics officials.
