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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Thu Apr 5, 2018, 04:01 PM Apr 2018

Top Pruitt aide resigns a week after Senator reports she has not actually worked at the agency.

Ms. Dravis’ departure comes on the heels of questions raised by Senator Thomas Carper, a Democrat from Delaware, about her work history.

According to a letter that Mr. Carper sent to the E.P.A. inspector general, Ms. Dravis did not attend work or perform her duties for most of November, December and January while continuing to draw a salary. The March 28 letter, obtained by The New York Times, said the information “raises questions” about whether the agency is adhering to internal rules regarding employee time and attendance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/05/climate/epa-chief-scott-pruitt-pressure.html

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin posted the resignation story earlier today but the info. about her questionable attendance was not in the linked article.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210453153
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Top Pruitt aide resigns a week after Senator reports she has not actually worked at the agency. (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 OP
republicans are tireless in their ripoffs of the American taxpayer Achilleaze Apr 2018 #1
GOP rip off of the American taxpayer continues unabated bronxiteforever Apr 2018 #2
This is what mobsters do matt819 Apr 2018 #3
the old term "feather bedding" comes to mind. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 #5
Wonder if she has a friends-with-benefits relationship with Pruitt? I mean why was she getting... brush Apr 2018 #6
What a waste of time! gratuitous Apr 2018 #4
Gotta give you prize for that one. OldHippieChick Apr 2018 #7

matt819

(10,749 posts)
3. This is what mobsters do
Thu Apr 5, 2018, 04:08 PM
Apr 2018

No show jobs for family and friends.

Anyone surprised?

Will anything be done?

No.

Anyone surprised?

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
5. the old term "feather bedding" comes to mind.
Thu Apr 5, 2018, 04:19 PM
Apr 2018

My mistake for thinking it was an "old" term.

You know if it happened at this one agency, it probably happened at others, and mos likely at her earlier "jobs" with Pruitt.
Esp. that "president of the Rule of Law Defense Fund" in her supposed work history.

We remember that Trump's WH crony, Omerosa, had no job duties and WH people said they had no clue what she was doing, she had no office.

brush

(53,908 posts)
6. Wonder if she has a friends-with-benefits relationship with Pruitt? I mean why was she getting...
Thu Apr 5, 2018, 04:41 PM
Apr 2018

for not working?

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. What a waste of time!
Thu Apr 5, 2018, 04:13 PM
Apr 2018

Didn't she know that she could have just asked Michael Cohen for $130,000? Now she might have to answer a whole bunch of inconvenient questions.

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