White House releases energy lobbyist Catanzaro's ethics waiver

Special assistant to the president Michael Catanzaro, a former energy lobbyist, has been granted an ethics waiver from President Donald Trump's counsel that will allow him to advise Trump and others in the administration on issues on which he lobbied during his time in the private sector just before coming to the White House. The White House on May 31 released the undated waiver in response to requests from the Office of Government Ethics. Initially the White House was not...