Ryan Zinke told police a Post reporter caused a fracas at his house. Here’s what really happened.

Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Credit: Melina Mara, Washington Post, Getty Images

A newly released police report by U.S. Park Police, a division of Interior, fingers a mysterious reporter driving a Mercedes Benz SUV.

Before his rocky tenure as Secretary of the Interior came to a close in December, Ryan Zinke was a man on edge.

He was worried about liberal protesters, who had started badgering Trump officials and other conservatives in public places around Washington. He was suspicious of his anti-Trump neighbors. And he was furious with relentless news coverage of the proliferating inquiries into his management and behavior.

All of which helps to explain the strange night of Nov. 5, when Zinke called U.S. Park Police about a minor disagreement over parking outside his Capitol Hill home. The U.S. Park Police, a division of the Interior Department, is in charge of Zinke’s security.

View the complete February 1 article by Darryl Fears, Lisa Rein and Juliet Eilperin on The Washington Post website here.