A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has demanded answers from former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin regarding his swift transition into private consulting, accusing him of violating ethics pledges and posing serious national security risks, Breitbart reported.

Austin is under fresh scrutiny for founding a Washington, D.C., consulting firm just months after leaving his post under the Trump administration. Republican and Democrat lawmakers say the move betrays public trust and raises grave ethical and national security concerns.

In a joint letter to Austin, Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., criticized his decision to launch Clarion Strategies, a “strategic advisory firm” staffed by former high-ranking defense and national security officials from the Trump administration. The senators accused him of “cashing in on your public service.”

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