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Zinke told police a Post reporter caused a fracas at his house. Here's what really happened.
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Zinke told police a Post reporter caused a fracas at his house. Heres what really happened.
A newly released police report by U.S. Park Police, a division of Interior, fingers a mysterious reporter driving a Mercedes Benz SUV.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
By Darryl Fears ,
Lisa Rein and
Juliet Eilperin
February 1 at 5:37 PM
Before his rocky tenure as Secretary of the Interior came to a close in December, Ryan Zinke was a man on edge.
He was worried about liberal protesters, who had started badgering Trump officials and other conservatives in public places around Washington. He was suspicious of his anti-Trump neighbors. And he was furious with relentless news coverage of the proliferating inquiries into his management and behavior.
All of which helps to explain the strange night of Nov. 5, when Zinke called U.S. Park Police about a minor disagreement over parking outside his Capitol Hill home. The U.S. Park Police, a division of the Interior Department, is in charge of Zinkes security.
You would have sent the cavalry if a call came in from the secretary, said Park Police spokesman Eduardo Delgado.
Zinke made the call while he and some friends were drinking beer and watching the Tennessee Titans play the Dallas Cowboys. In an interview this week, Zinke said he was grilling when he heard a commotion on the street. One of his guests stepped out, spoke to some neighbors and then alerted Zinke: We have a possible reporter outside.
Given the media scrutiny hed been under in the weeks before his resignation, Zinke said, It seemed a little too coincidental for me to have an incident like that and have it not be a reporter.
The questions asked were not neighbor questions, he said...................................
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Zinke told police a Post reporter caused a fracas at his house. Here's what really happened. (Original Post)
riversedge
Feb 2019
OP
What a dumb lie from Zinke. How many reporters can afford a Mercedes SUV ...
marble falls
Feb 2019
#1
It happened in DC in November. I was wondering why the story was back in the news.
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2019
#3
marble falls
(57,204 posts)1. What a dumb lie from Zinke. How many reporters can afford a Mercedes SUV ...
and at the same time, how many people associated with Trump have been proven to lie the authorities???
Delmette2.0
(4,169 posts)2. Where did this happen?
Not in Montana, probably not in California. Washington DC because he called the US Park Police? He has been out of the Interior Dept for a month.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)3. It happened in DC in November. I was wondering why the story was back in the news.
I guess the report just came out.
Ryan Zinke's house guest impersonated the secretary Monday night. Then he called Park Police on the
November: Ryan Zinke called police on his neighbors Monday night
David Fahrenthold Retweeted
This is kind of incrediblestatement from US Park Police spokesperson brushing off odd story told them by a *CABINET SECRETARY*: "We get lied to all the time.
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Delmette2.0
(4,169 posts)4. Thank you, you're awesome.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)5. Gawrsh