Scott Pruitt Spent Much of Early Months at E.P.A. Traveling Home, Report Says
Source: New York Times
By LISA FRIEDMAN JULY 24, 2017
Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, traveled to his home state, Oklahoma, 10 times over three months this year, largely at taxpayer expense, according to a report released Monday.
The findings from the Environmental Integrity Project, a nonprofit group founded by former E.P.A. officials, are drawn from Mr. Pruitts calendar and the travel expenses he has submitted for reimbursement. Obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, the documents show Mr. Pruitt spent 43 out of 92 days from March through May in Oklahoma or traveling to or from the state.
The report does not assert that Mr. Pruitts estimated $12,000 in federally funded airfare, which includes travel to and from his home state, is improper.
Many in Oklahoma speculate that Mr. Pruitt, who was the states elected attorney general until assuming the E.P.A. job in February, plans to again seek statewide office. Mr. Pruitt lost a 2006 primary bid to become Oklahomas lieutenant governor. He was elected attorney general in 2010. An E.P.A. spokeswoman said that all of Mr. Pruitts travel was related to agency business and that he had no other political agenda.
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avebury
(10,952 posts)He was one of those State AG's who never found a law too unconstitutional to fight for it in court. And our State Legislature loves to routinely pass unconstitutional laws.
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(68,868 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)toady for tRump, full of his own importance. Maybe he is like Pence and can not be away from Mommy for too long. Pence can not eat if another woman is at the table, not his Mommy. Not much trust there, is there?