Executive Order 13770

Executive Order 13770
Executive Order on the Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees
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Executive Order 13770 uploaded to Wikisource and published by the Federal Register
TypeExecutive order
Executive Order number13770
Signed byDonald Trump on January 28, 2017 (2017-01-28)
Federal Register details
Federal Register document number2017-02450
Publication dateFebruary 3, 2017 (2017-02-03)
Document citation9333
Summary
Directs executive branch employees on a ban on lobbying any government official for two years and the agency they worked in for five years. It also prevents them from ever lobbying the US on behalf of a foreign government or foreign political parties.

Executive Order 13770, entitled "Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees," was an executive order issued by US President Donald Trump on January 28, 2017, that directs executive branch employees on a ban from becoming a lobbyist for five years.[1][2] The order, which reflected an increasingly standard practice of issuing such ethics rules by executive order early in a new administration, borrowed language from similar orders issued by past administrations.[3]

Trump revoked the order on the final day of his presidency, allowing his administration's officials to immediately begin working as lobbyists.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Office of the Press Secretary (January 28, 2017). "Executive Order: Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees". whitehouse.gov. Washington, D.C. Retrieved May 18, 2017 – via National Archives. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Executive Order 13770 of January 28, 2017 Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees". Federal Register. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. January 28, 2017. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017. Alt URL Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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  4. ^ "Trump Revokes Lobbying Ban After Promising to 'Drain the Swamp'". Bloomberg.com. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  5. ^ "Trump issues last-minute order attempting to free his appointees from ethics commitments". news.yahoo.com. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "Trump Revokes Administration Ethics Rules On His Way Out The Door". NPR.org. Retrieved January 20, 2021.