Interior Turmoil: Burgum Faces Secrecy, Turnover as Staff Presses Back
TL;DR
Interior Department staff who once supported Secretary Burgum now describe a poorly run, increasingly secretive agency marked by mass turnover, reports of nondisclosure agreements, shredded documents, and disappearing messages that raise questions about record-keeping, as the turmoil spills into a public clash with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro over the Reflecting Pool vandalism—even as Interior and the White House defend Burgum.
Topics:nationpolitics#doug-burgum#federal-records-act#interior-department#politics#secrecy-culture#staff-turnover
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