Pruitt’s conflicts of interest trace back to before the EPA, says investigation
EPA chief Scott Pruitt's troubles in Washington have “echoes in his past” when he was attorney general of Oklahoma, according to The New York Times. It found that Pruitt purchased a home...
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>> Sreenivasan: ON THIS EARTH DAY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IS ALSO IN THE NEWS, NOT FOR THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF ITS CORE MISSION BUT FOR THE ACTIONS OF ITS LEADER SCOTT PRUITT. SCOTT PRUITT HAD AN APARTMENT IN D.C., FOR AN INCREDIBLY LOW $50 A DAY. THAT APARTMENT WAS OWNED BY A LOBBYIST'S WIFE. NOW THERE ARE RECORDS SHOWING THAT THE LOBBYIST, J. STEVEN HART, MET WITH PRUITT LAST YEAR. BOTH THE E.P.A. AND HART'S FIRM PREVIOUSLY DENIED ANY MEETINGS DURING THE TIME PRUITT RENTED THE CONDO IN 2017, OR ANY TIME AFTER. THE FIRM NOW SAYS THE MEETING WAS PERSONAL. BESIDES THAT POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, PRUITT'S CRITICS POINT TO EXCESSIVE SPENDING ON TRAVEL, FURNITURE, SECURITY AND PAY RAISES FOR AIDES, SOME...
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>> Sreenivasan: ON THIS EARTH DAY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IS ALSO IN THE NEWS, NOT FOR THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF ITS CORE MISSION BUT FOR THE ACTIONS OF ITS LEADER SCOTT PRUITT. SCOTT PRUITT HAD AN APARTMENT IN D.C., FOR AN INCREDIBLY LOW $50 A DAY. THAT APARTMENT WAS OWNED BY A LOBBYIST'S WIFE. NOW THERE ARE RECORDS SHOWING THAT THE LOBBYIST, J. STEVEN HART, MET WITH PRUITT LAST YEAR. BOTH THE E.P.A. AND HART'S FIRM PREVIOUSLY DENIED ANY MEETINGS DURING THE TIME PRUITT RENTED THE CONDO IN 2017, OR ANY TIME AFTER. THE FIRM NOW SAYS THE MEETING WAS PERSONAL. BESIDES THAT POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, PRUITT'S CRITICS POINT TO EXCESSIVE SPENDING ON TRAVEL, FURNITURE, SECURITY AND PAY RAISES FOR AIDES, SOME...
