A former top official at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) reportedly violated federal ethics rules by improperly holding

Tommy Beaudreau improperly held stocks in ExxonMobil and Chevron, according to the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General.

Former Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau violated ethics laws by not properly monitoring financial investments or recusing himself in a conflict of interest, the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) watchdog found in a report published Tuesday.