Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, received millions of dollars in exchange for consulting, speeches, and paid op-eds, according to financial disclosure documents.
The payments, first reported by Business Insider, include $186,000 from op-eds and speeches alone. Zeldin also disclosed $45,475 in casino gambling winnings. He earned a $775,000 salary from Zeldin Strategies, which he opened after losing the New York gubernatorial race and leaving Congress in 2022, and between $1-5 million dollars in dividends from the firm.
Zeldin is a conservative Trump ally and friend to the fossil fuel industry whose voting record is “remarkably anti-environment and anti-climate,” according to Food and Water Watch. As a member of Congress, he voted to slash the EPA budget by $2 billion dollars, cheered Trump’s efforts to…
