Ex-Interior chief rips attacks, says being a billionaire ‘can’t be a prerequisite’ for public office

Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke criticized the investigations into his tenure in an interview published Monday, saying that his experience suggested public officials would have to be billionaires in order to afford to fight politically motivated attacks. “For the future of our country, we need really good people to serve, and the resume shouldn’t start with a billionaire on the front of it,” Zinke told the Washington Examiner in an…