前内政部长内政部长，谁服过唐纳德·特朗普和2018年在多项道德调查中辞职，周四下午提交文件，竞选蒙大拿州即将成立的第二国会选区。

由于2020年人口普查跟踪的人口增长，蒙大拿州被分配了一个额外的地区。共和党人津克(Zinke)曾在2015年至2017年期间代表蒙大拿州的网络普通用户区。

津克在对他使用包机的调查中辞职，尽管内政部的监管机构后来说这些航班没有违反任何规则，但有些成本是可以避免的。

津克使用包机或军用飞机首次得到证实，当时特朗普在2017年对多名内阁官员的旅行支出提出质疑解雇据报道，前卫生与公众服务部部长白梓轩在旅行上花费了100多万美元，包括私人航班。

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内政部长提名人瑞安·津克众议员，R-Mont。，跟柴打了招呼后回到自己的座位上

内政部监察长发现，津克乘坐的私人或军用飞机上的许多航班通常都遵守相关规定，并且都事先得到了道德官员的批准。但是报告发现至少一次旅行的费用，超过12000美元的飞行从拉斯维加斯到蒙大拿，都可以避免。

对津克的调查还包括对他的参与房地产交易他的家乡有一位高管，他决定拒绝康涅狄格的一家赌场，这是两个部落寻求的。众议院民主党人将这些行动称为津克内政部领导下的石油和天然气行业的“赠品”。

针对特朗普在2018年12月宣布辞职的推特，津克在推特上表示，他无法证明在法律战中为自己辩护的成本是合理的。

“我不能证明花费数千美元来保护自己和家人免受虚假指控是正当的，”他当时说。

辞职后，津克加入了一家华盛顿游说公司，特恩贝里解决方案，在国会山游说。

Former Trump official Ryan Zinke files paperwork for congressional seat in Montana

Former Interior SecretaryRyan Zinke, who served underDonald Trumpandresigned in 2018 amid multiple ethics investigations,filed paperwork on Thursday afternoon to run for Montana's soon-to-be-established 2nd Congressional District.

Montana was allotted an additional district as a result of population growth tracked in the 2020 Census. Zinke, a Republican, previously represented Montana's at-large district from 2015 to 2017.

Zinke resigned amid investigations into his use of chartered planes, though the Interior Department's watchdog later said those flightsdid not break any rules, but some of the costs could have been avoided.

Zinke's use of charter or military planes was first confirmed amid questions about spending on travel for multiple cabinet officials in 2017 when Trumpfiredformer Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price after it was reported that he spent more than $1 million on travel, including private flights.

The Interior Department's inspector general found that a number of flights on private or military planes taken by Zinke generally followed the relevant rules and were all approved by ethics officials in advance. But the report found that the cost of at least one of the trips,a more than $12,000 flightfrom Las Vegas to Montana, could have been avoided.

Investigations into Zinke also included a probe into hisinvolvement in a real estate dealwith an executive in his hometown and his decision to reject a casino in Connecticut that was sought by two tribes. House Democrats called the actions "giveaways" to the oil and gas industry under Zinke's Interior Department.

In response to a tweet from Trump announcing his resignation in December 2018, Zinke said on Twitter he couldn't justify the cost of defending himself in a legal battle.

"I cannot justify spending thousands of dollars defending myself and my family against false allegations," he said at the time.

After his resignation, Zinkejoined a Washington lobbying firm, Turnberry Solutions, to lobby on Capitol Hill.