Less than a year into the second Trump administration, a number of key staff members are heading for the exits while looking to pad their bottom lines by trading their government paychecks for the well-padded bank accounts of K Street lobbyists.
It’s a startling development for an administration led by a president who has campaigned for years on a desire to “drain the swamp” and clean up what he’s described as a “revolving door” between government and the various enterprises in the capital dedicated to influencing that government.
