Amid a flood of executive orders signed Monday, President Trump revoked an executive order signed by former President Biden that set ethics and lobbying rules for appointees.

The Biden-era executive order banned gifts from lobbyists and expanded the requisite “cooling off” period for appointees who leave federal service to join lobbying firms. The order also implemented a one-year ban on “shadow lobbying,” a common practice in Washington in which former officials advise those lobbying government officials rather than directly lobbying themselves.

“It's a very big deal,” said Craig Holman, a lobbyist at the progressive watchdog Public Citizen who works on issues related to ethics, lobbying and campaign finance. “It really is dramatically rolling back the ethics requirements........

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