Scoop: EPA Chief Pruitt did pay rent for that Capitol Hill apartment he rented from a lobbyist - $50 per night but only on the nights he slept there. White House officials are dismayed by his handling of the matter, @JenniferJJacobs and I are told. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Roughly $1500/month for just a bedroom seems fair market value based on anecdotal rents in my Capitol Hill neighborhood at least. But that is based on 30 days of occupancy. And records we reviewed show Pruitt ended up paying $6100 over a 193-day period.
A sampling of current listings of apartments for rent near Pruitt's temporary pad: 1 bed, $1875; studio, $1,575; 1 bed, $1,600; 1 bed, $1,975; 1 bed, $1,350; studio, $1,800.
@JenniferJJacobs ABC News' @JTSanucci, @MattMosk & @stephebbs are now reporting Pruitt's adult daughter lived in a second bedroom in the same building during an internship at the White House last summer. abcn.ws/2Ie3Dgs
