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Trump Order Bans Lobbying Activities of Administration Staff for Five Years

© AFP 2023 / JIM WATSONUS President Donald Trump (C) waits at his desk before signing confirmations for James Mattis as US Secretary of Defense and John Kelly as US Secretary of Homeland Security, as Vice President Mike Pence (L) and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (R) look on, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, January 20, 2017
US President Donald Trump (C) waits at his desk before signing confirmations for James Mattis as US Secretary of Defense and John Kelly as US Secretary of Homeland Security, as Vice President Mike Pence (L) and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (R) look on, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, January 20, 2017 - Sputnik International
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Donald Trump signed an executive order preventing members of his administration from lobbying activities.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — US President Donald Trump signed an executive order preventing members of his administration from lobbying activities for a period of five years.

"This is the five-year ban I've been talking a lot on the campaign trail and we are now putting it into effect," Trump said Saturday after signing the executive order.

The ban also includes a lifetime ban on lobbying for foreign governments. 

Also, Donald Trump signed an executive order that would reorganize the country's National Security Council as well as the Homeland Security Council.

"This is the reorganization of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council," Trump said Saturday before signing the document.

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