FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2010, file photo, then-Secretary of Natural Resources-designate Doug Domenech speaks during a news conference in Richmond, Va. A senior Trump administration official misused his office for private gain by capitalizing on his government connections to help get a family member hired at the Environmental Protection Agency, investigators said. The Interior Department's Inspector General found that Assistant Interior Secretary Douglas Domenech reached out to a senior EPA official in person and later by email in 2017 to advocate for the unnamed relative when that person was seeking a job at the agency. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Investigators in a report obtained by The Associated Press say a senior Trump administration official misused his office for private gain by capitalizing on his government connections to help get his son-in-law hired at the Environmental Protection Agency. The Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General says Assistant Interior Secretary Douglas Domenech used his position to induce a senior EPA official to help the son-in-law get the agency job in 2017. It’s the second finding of ethics violations by Domenech in the past six months. The AP obtained the report with details of the investigation ahead of its public release.
