Trump Stocks His Cabinet Increasingly With Business Lobbyists

In his previous life as a lobbyist, Dan Brouillette represented clients including Ford Motor Co. and electric utilities with business before the U.S. Energy Department. Now he’s on the verge of running the very agency he once sought to influence.

Brouillette, who’s expected to be confirmed Monday as Energy Secretary, is the latest example of how K Street has deepened its presence in the upper echelon of the Trump administration. Departing cabinet officials are being replaced by former lobbyists who are now in a position to oversee industries they once represented.

Dan Brouillette

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

“There is the perception that lobbyists -- who ...