Ledger · 2024 campaign · № 187
Ban federal workers from taking jobs at companies they regulated
Broken“[paraphrase] I will ban federal bureaucrats from taking jobs at the companies they deal with and regulate.”
- Promised
- , Agenda 47 'Drain the Swamp' policy video
- Re-promised
- 4 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Ethics & conflicts
- Era
- 2024 campaign
What happened
No such ban was enacted. PolitiFact rated the promise Promise Broken in its January 2026 review; the administration instead rescinded existing ethics pledges and staffed agencies with former industry officials, with departing officials moving into regulated industries without restriction.