In May 2017, (click here) Dan Jorjani was appointed the Principal Deputy Solicitor of the Office of the Solicitor in the Department of the Interior. The Principal Deputy Solicitor in the 2nd highest position in the Office of the Solicitor, with six deputy solicitors reporting directly to him on the issues of Energy & Mineral Resources, Public Lands, Parks & Wildlife, General Law, and Indiana Affairs and Water Resources. The Office of the Solicitor describes its role as “perform[ing] the legal work for the United States Department of the Interior.”
Daniel Jorjani recieved his undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University, went on to get a Master’s degree from Columbia and his Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School.
In 1999 Jorjani was a corporate associate at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., a law and lobbying firm. In 1999, the firm received $810,000 from the oil and gas companies, $320,000 from mining companies, $560,000 from steel production companies and $500,000 from electric utilities companies in the following payments: $780,000 (Exxon Mobil), $40,000 (Tyumen Oil), $220,000 (Barrick Gold Corp), $80,000 (Poongsan Corp), $20,000 (Banro American Resources), $560,000 (Pohang Iron & Steel) and $500,000 (PG&E).
In 2001, Dan Jorjani was hired by the Department of the Interior (DOI) to be the Counselor to to the Assistant Secretary of Policy Management and Budget.
Giving a damn about human life and environmental safety is not in Jorjani's job description. He is bought and paid for by corrupt corporate interest. Conscience is not required to be him.
In 2010 and 2011, Dan Jorjani was a “PGM Officer Research” at the Charles Koch Foundation where he was paid $100,500 (Calendar Year of 2011) and $127,045 (Calendar year 2010) for forty hour work weeks and was one of the five highest paid employee at the Charles Koch Foundation. The position he held and the responsibilities he had are difficult to say, it is likely PGM is “Program Management” or a similar title.
Giving a damn about human life and environmental safety is not in Jorjani's job description. He is bought and paid for by corrupt corporate interest. Conscience is not required to be him.
In 2010 and 2011, Dan Jorjani was a “PGM Officer Research” at the Charles Koch Foundation where he was paid $100,500 (Calendar Year of 2011) and $127,045 (Calendar year 2010) for forty hour work weeks and was one of the five highest paid employee at the Charles Koch Foundation. The position he held and the responsibilities he had are difficult to say, it is likely PGM is “Program Management” or a similar title.
The Trump White House and Cabinet is the most corrupt in recent history. And, don't forget, it is backed by the most corrupt Congress overseen by Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan.
