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 PolitiFact rated the promise Promise Broken in its January 2026 review; the administration instead rescinded existing ethics pledges and staffed agencies with former industry officials, with departing officials moving into regulated industries without restriction.

Sources

  1. MAGA-Meter: Ban federal workers from taking jobs at companies they regulated PolitiFact, Jan 20, 2026
  2. MAGA-Meter: Trump's Second Term PolitiFact, Jan 20, 2026