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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood (L) answers questions during a briefing as the White House press secretary Jay Carney looks on in Washington on Feb. 22, 2013. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood took $50,000 from a foreigner without disclosing the funds, violating government ethics rules, the Department of Justice said March 31.
LaHood, 75, was a Cabinet member during the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013. Before that, he was a Republican member of Congress.
