No surprises there

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Government investigators say former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a development project in his Montana hometown and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement.

The Interior Department’s inspector general said in a report made public Wednesday that Zinke continued working with a foundation on the commercial project in the community of Whitefish, Montana even after he committed upon taking office to breaking ties with the foundation.

The report also says Zinke gave incorrect and incomplete information to an Interior Department ethics official who confronted him over his involvement and that Zinke directed his staff to assist him with the project in a misuse of his position.

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No surprise.

Incidentally, the Montana state Justice Department’s watchdog bureau responsible for overseeing law enforcement training and certification in Montana, has leveled damning allegations of official misconduct against former Whitefish Police Chief Bill Dial, who retired abruptly earlier this month after leading the department for two decades.

The allegations against Dial are detailed in a 12-page complaint by the Montana Public Safety Officer Standards and Training Council, or POST, and are supported by evidence including hundreds of text messages exchanged between Dial and Matthew A. Marshall, the CEO of a Whitefish-based security firm now under federal indictment for aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion.

Also the retirement spot for racist ex LA cop, Mark Fuhrman, and another retired, racist, ex LA cop.