What swamp? Lobbyists get ethics waivers to work for Trump

[ABX]

President Donald Trump and his appointees have stocked federal agencies with ex-lobbyists and corporate lawyers who now help regulate the very industries from which they previously collected paychecks, despite Trump’s promises as a candidate to drain the swamp in Washington.
A week after his inauguration, Trump signed an executive order that bars former lobbyists, lawyers and others from participating in any matter they worked on for private clients within two years of going to work for the government.

But ........

https://apnews.com/2e23b380a1ec4232abde917d8796d7a6

[WarmPotato]

Never heard of this, almost like suppressed...

[Stevensr123]

I don't get why  Lobbyists are not banned from giving out money in elections? same in the UK and Australia (Lived in both countries), although it isn't as bad there as it is in the US.

Every single voter would probably love it, its a democracy of the people, not of businesses.