April 23, 2018
Bloomberg is reporting that the White House, has “discouraged lawmakers from vigorously defending” Pruitt.
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April 20, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- To top off an already bad week filled with broken laws, even more federal investigations, and overwhelming Republican criticism, today it was revealed that Scott Pruitt attempted to waste even more taxpayer money on frivolous expenditures, including a key card swipe system on the doors to the waiting area outside his office; having an EPA staffer hand-deliver daily news clips to his home each evening; and a proposal to rent a second condo in his lobbyist’s building so that his security detail did not have to park on the street overnight.
April 20, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Scott Pruitt’s EPA submitted a controversial proposal to the White House aimed at requiring all scientific studies the EPA uses for setting safeguards to be peer-reviewed and make their raw data publicly available.
April 19, 2018
CHICAGO - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt made a secret, unannounced visit to Whiting, Ind. just outside Chicago today to make an announcement about the EPA’s Superfund program. American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 704, the union representing some 900 EPA employees across the midwest, joined residents of East Chicago, advocacy groups like the Sierra Club and Union of Concerned Scientists, Moms Clean Air Force and more in Chicago today to speak out about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s secretive, exclusive travel to the region and his damaging policies as EPA administrator.
April 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the EPA Inspector General announced another investigation into EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s questionable ethics. This, the tenth federal investigation into Pruitt, one focuses on his use of official security detail on personal trips to Disneyland, the Rose Bowl and college basketball games.
April 18, 2018
Led by Senator Tom Udall and Representative Kathy Castor, 161 senators and members of Congress have signed a resolution calling for EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s resignation. The news comes as Scott Pruitt is facing yet another investigation into his law breaking and ethics violations.
April 18, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney announced that he will be joining the lengthy list of those investigating Scott Pruitt’s illegal actions and abuse of taxpayer funds. This is the second White House investigation into Pruitt in the past ten days.
April 17, 2018
Mitch McConnell was asked during a Senate Republican Leadership press conference today to make clear whether he feels Scott Pruitt is fiscally responsible. Though he had not been asked whether Pruitt should be fired, McConnell’s very first response was that it’s the President’s decision who is on his team -- making clear that McConnell envisions the possibility of Pruitt departing over the many ethical and spending scandals engulfing him by the minute.
April 17, 2018
Scott Pruitt’s ability to constantly embarrass Donald Trump will seemingly never end. Yesterday, news broke that Pruitt is no longer just violating a litany of ethical norms, but also federal law. This has led to not only Republican Congressman and Chair of the House Oversight Committee Trey Gowdy condemning him, but now Republican Senator and Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee John Barrasso criticizing Pruitt’s actions as well.
April 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Government Accountability Office, a government watchdog agency, announced that Scott Pruitt violated federal law by spending more than $43,000 to install a private phone booth in his office, according to a report obtained by ABC News.
April 16, 2018
Things keep getting worse for Scott Pruitt. On Friday, Representative Trey Gowdy, chairman of House Oversight, announced he’s expanding his investigation into Pruitt’s litany of unethical actions.
April 13, 2018
Thursday was another whirlwind day for Scandalous Scott Pruitt, who’s polling numbers are tanking (down to 29%), as more and more disgraceful scandals and embarrassing headlines pop up. Pruitt’s bad behavior is now the cause of at least 11 federal investigations.