A major scandal is unfolding right now with Trump's EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
The details have emerged very quickly, but here's what we know so far. 1/
The details have emerged very quickly, but here's what we know so far. 1/
Yesterday we learned that Scott Pruitt lived last year in a room at a condo leased to him by the wife of a prominent energy lobbyist named Steven Hart.
The clients of Hart's firm included companies with significant financial stakes in EPA policies. 2/ abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclu…
The clients of Hart's firm included companies with significant financial stakes in EPA policies. 2/ abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclu…
At first Pruitt and Hart refused to disclose details of the arrangement, but subsequent reports showed that Pruitt arranged to pay $50 a night only on nights he stayed there.
He claimed that he only had one room and did not use common spaces. 3/ abcnews.go.com/Politics/pruit…
He claimed that he only had one room and did not use common spaces. 3/ abcnews.go.com/Politics/pruit…
Pruitt claimed that he was paying a market rate, yet he was unaccountably secretive about the deal. Pruitt did not inform anyone at EPA about his arrangement with Hart. 4/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Pruitt's relationship with Hart is complicated by Hart's firm's lobbying on behalf of a company which exports liquid natural gas (LNG).
Though it has nothing to do with his job at EPA, Pruitt flew at great taxpayer expense last year to lobby Morocco in favor of LNG imports. 5/
Though it has nothing to do with his job at EPA, Pruitt flew at great taxpayer expense last year to lobby Morocco in favor of LNG imports. 5/
We just learned of new details about the terms of Pruitt's condo arrangement with Hart.
Similar condos rent for $5,000 per month, but Pruitt got a special deal to get his room at a third of that cost. He claimed this was because he only got one room. 6/ abcnews.go.com/Politics/pruit…
Similar condos rent for $5,000 per month, but Pruitt got a special deal to get his room at a third of that cost. He claimed this was because he only got one room. 6/ abcnews.go.com/Politics/pruit…
But that wasn't true.
Pruitt's adult daughter stayed with him there, apparently for free. This represents a substantial gift potentially worth lots of money, which Pruitt received from a lobbyist with a much to gain from Pruitt's decisions at EPA. 7/ abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclu…
Pruitt's adult daughter stayed with him there, apparently for free. This represents a substantial gift potentially worth lots of money, which Pruitt received from a lobbyist with a much to gain from Pruitt's decisions at EPA. 7/ abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclu…
I have called for Pruitt's resignation in the face of his terrible management of EPA, his contempt for transparency and ethics, and his flagrant waste of taxpayer dollars.
Congress get to the bottom of this. What else don't we know about Scott Pruitt? 8/8
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Congress get to the bottom of this. What else don't we know about Scott Pruitt? 8/8
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