Donald Trump he worked to paint Hillary Clinton and much of the executive branch as criminally corrupt Monday. | AP Photo Trump proposes ethics reforms

Vowing to “drain the swamp in Washington D.C,” Donald Trump proposed a slate of government ethics reforms Monday night.

Trump — who has cast himself as a onetime insider who gave up buying politicians to run for office himself — offered the proposal in Wisconsin as he worked to paint Hillary Clinton and much of the executive branch as criminally corrupt.


While Trump has long portrayed himself as less beholden to special interests than career politicians, the plan, unveiled at a rally in Green Bay, is his first detailed proposal to curtail Washington’s influence industry.

Trump’s five-point plan includes instituting a five-year ban on lobbying for executive branch officials, lawmakers and their staffers after they leave government. The plan would ban senior executive branch officials from ever lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.

The Republican presidential nominee also called for broadening the definitions of lobbying to close loopholes that allow de facto lobbyists to avoid registering as such and banning foreign lobbyists from raising money for American candidates for office.

