“Montana Sen. Jon Tester (D) today reiterated his demand for the removal of acting Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley, asserting the Trump administration’s continued reliance on unconfirmed officials “undermines accountability in government.”
Both Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Western Watersheds Project filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last month accusing Bernhardt of violating the Constitution for his repeated delegation of authority to Pendley.”