Pruitt used security detail to search for his favorite lotion

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BY MIRANDA GREEN - 06/07/18 02:41 PM EDT

... Administrator Scott Pruitt's 24-hour security detail were tasked with running mundane errands for him that included driving Pruitt to locate his favorite lotion at Ritz Carlton Hotels and taking his clothing to the dry cleaner, the Post reported Thursday.

In the lotion search, two sources told the Post, Pruitt directed his agents to drive him to multiple Ritz-Carlton hotel locations in search of his preferred scented substance.

Pruitt has been criticized by lawmakers for multiple reports of using his staffers' time for personal errands, including sending his scheduler Milan Hupp to look at condos for him and search for a used mattress at the Trump International Hotel.

In testimony given to House committee staff and released to the public this week, Hupp confirmed that she spent hours of her personal and work time helping Pruitt search for a condo--a quest that she said lasted months. Hupp resigned from her post at the EPA on Wednesday ...

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/391216-pruitt-used-security-detail-to-search-for-his-favorite-lotion

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1. His preferred scent?

Maggots used undies?

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2. Every Shady Ass Thing Scott Pruitt Has Done As EPA Chief (So Far)

Ashley Reese
Today 1:23pm

... Planet-destroying habits aside, he is also a dedicated, petty ass grifter, in a league so shameless that even Republicans are starting to feel embarrassed ...

... Pruitt spent nearly $68,000 on airfare and hotels from August 2017 to March 2018. According to Politico, he has spent over $105,000 on airfare in his first year alone ...

... He has installed $9,000 worth of biometric locks on his doors and a bug sweep. And you also paid $43,000 for his soundproof phone booth ... Pruitt also requested a bullet proof car, approximately $70,000 worth of bulletproof furniture, and a $100,000 a month private jet membership. Pushback against these requests resulted in the firing, demotion, and reassignment of at least five EPA employees ...

https://theslot.jezebel.com/a-running-list-of-every-shady-ass-thing-scott-pruitt-ha-1826638028

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3. EPA administrator gets wings clipped

BY BESS LEVIN
JUNE 7, 2018 11:00 AM

... Representative Marcy Kaptur ... decided to stick an amendment into the E.P.A. interior bill barring Pruitt from buying any single pen that costs more than $50, and her colleagues agreed it was a great idea ...

There are now a dozen federal inquiries underway into Pruitt’s conduct and actions ... There are the pricey office upgrades, kickbacks from oil-industry lobbyists, and a dinner with an accused sex offender ...

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/scott-pruitts-free-lunches-and-fancy-pen-buying-days-are-numbered

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4. nero plays the fiddle whilst rome burns.

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5. More than 100 bipartisan lawmakers urge Pruitt to scrap 'secret science' rule

BY MIRANDA GREEN - 06/07/18 10:55 AM EDT

... "Contrary to its name, the proposed rule would implement an opaque process allowing EPA to selectively suppress scientific evidence without accountability and in the process undermine bedrock environmental laws," the lawmakers wrote.
The letter notes many of the same concerns voiced by scientists since reports of the rulemaking first surfaced — namely that the rule would specifically limit public health studies, whose findings must remain confidential.

"It appears to be targeted at excluding important public health studies while privileging industry-sponsored research," the lawmakers say of the rule. "It also fails to adequately consider the costs of implementation and the potential privacy implications."

Four Republican members of Congress signed onto the bill: Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.), Ryan Costello (Pa.), Carlos Curbelo (Fla.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.).

Curbelo and Ros-Lehtinen have both called for Pruitt to resign or be fired from leading the EPA ...

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/391165-bi-partisan-lawmaker-group-calls-pruitt-to-withdraw-secret-science

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6. EPA must provide evidence used for Pruitt's climate change claims

BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 06/07/18 07:51 AM EDT

A U.S. district judge has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to release any documents used by Administrator Scott Pruitt to make his public statement that human behavior is not a “primary contributor” to climate change.

The chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Beryl Howell, said in a ruling issued last Friday but first widely reported this week that the EPA had to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed last year by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

PEER requested any documents Pruitt used to inform a statement he made on climate change last year.

“I would not agree that it’s a primary contributor to the global warming that we see,” Pruitt said during an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” last March ...

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/391130-judge-rules-pruitt-must-provide-evidence-used-for-climate-change

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7. The Pruitt problem

Weeks before the Republican National Convention in July 2016, The New York Times reported Donald Trump had interviewed Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst as a possible presidential running mate ...

“He is about as swampy as as you get here in Washington, D.C.,” Ernst told attendees of the Platts Energy Podium in Washington Tuesday, “and if the president wants to drain the swamp, he needs to take a look at his own Cabinet” ...

Besides accusations of misuse of office, she says the EPA administrator lied to senators in 2017 when he said he would uphold the Renewable Fuel Standard, and is reneging on the president’s promise to farmers that he would support the corn-fed ethanol industry ...

Sen. Joni Ernst is right. It’s time for Pruitt to go.

http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/opinion/the-pruitt-problem/article_389d824d-330d-579f-8066-a9e12a470f04.html

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8. It puts the lotion on the skin!