Michael Torrey has resigned from President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team because of the new administration’s five-year lobbying ban.
Torrey had been rumored to be leading the transition team for the Department of Agriculture. In a statement, Torrey said each transition has their own policies for involvement of registered lobbyist.
Torrey said when asked recently to terminate lobbying registration for clients he serves in order to continue on the transition team he resigned from his role on the team.
Earlier this week the Trump transition team announced that anyone being vetted for a high post in the administration must provide a termination of lobbying form if they are a registered lobbyist and when appointees leave the administration, they will be banned for being a lobbyist for five years as part of their agreement.
The five-year ban also applies to members of the transition team and agency launching teams.
Source: brownfieldagnews.com