"Documents obtained by Public Domain raise ethics questions about former oil executive Tyler Hassen's investments."
"UPDATE: A day after two Democratic lawmakers sent a letter seeking Tyler Hassen's financial and ethics documents, Hassen was replaced as Interior's Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget. Michael Boren, who is awaiting Senate confirmation to oversee the U.S. Forest Service, has assumed the post, per a secretarial order that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum amended on Wednesday.
PREVIOUSLY: Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday requested documents detailing the financial holdings of Tyler Hassen, the former oil industry executive charged with spearheading the Trump administration’s purge of civil servants across the Interior Department.
A letter sent by Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Natural Resources Committee, and Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.), the ranking member of the committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, raises concerns that the DOGE operative may have retained investments in industries that Interior directly overseas.
“Given Mr. Hassen’s significant role in ‘reorganizing’ the Department, indiscriminately purging employees, and making critical funding decisions, information regarding his financial disclosure, ethics agreement, and any conflicts of interest are important for ensuring the actions he takes benefit the American people rather than his own financial interests and should be made public,” reads the letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, which Huffman’s office shared exclusively with Public Domain."
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