Here’s a complete guide to the problems facing Scott Pruitt politico.com/interactives/2… (1/9) 
First, there’s the obvious: His spending. The EPA chief has spent at least $105,000 on first-class flights because of threats to his safety politico.com/interactives/2… (2/9)
He’s spent millions of dollars on security, paying for a 20-person security detail that travels with him even on personal trips (like to Disneyland) politico.com/interactives/2… (3/9)
The EPA also gave Pruitt’s office significant upgrades: politico.com/interactives/2… (4/9)
It even considered paying $70,000 for bulletproof desks. politico.com/interactives/2… (5/9)
Then there’s Pruitt’s secrecy. The EPA keeps his travel and meetings quiet, and the White House was unaware when some of his closest aides got significant raises. politico.com/interactives/2… (6/9)
Pruitt also has close ties to industries that the EPA regulates. He filled the EPA’s top ranks with lobbyists and executives who have an interest in rolling back regulations in favor of their former employers politico.com/interactives/2… (7/9)
He also rented a Capitol Hill condo from the wife of an energy lobbyist for only $50 a night (and he still fell behind on rent) politico.com/interactives/2… (8/9)
Lawmakers questioned Pruitt about these scandals and more in today’s hearings. Pruitt said that much of what has been said about his agency has been “so twisted [it] does not resemble reality.” politico.com/story/2018/04/… (9/9)
