Trump imposes lifetime ban on foreign government lobbying for appointees

‘As part of his promise to ‘drain the swamp’ US President Donald Trump has signed an ‘ethics commitments’ executive order restricting his administration officials from working as lobbyists after they leave government.
The order bans his appointees from lobbying any government official for two years and the agency they worked in for five years. It also prevents them from ever lobbying the US on behalf of a foreign government or foreign political parties.
The order is “solely enforceable by the United States by any legally available means.” Anyone found violating the ban could be barred from lobbying their former agency for up to another five years, on top of the five-year period covered by the order.’
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