Republican faced investigations as Interior secretary under Trump
Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke formed a committeeThursday to raise money to run for a House seat in Montana that will be created based on new census data released this week.
Zinke won two terms representing the state’s current at-large district before leaving to join the Trump administration in 2017.
He was the first Montanan to serve in a presidential Cabinet, but he resigned in the face of ethics investigations after serving less than two years. In all, the former secretary came under at least 15 different investigations before leaving in January 2019. Continue reading.