EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's Lobbyist-Owned Pad Was GOP Fundraising Hub
Source: Daily Beast
The lobbyist-owned townhouse that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt rented for relatively small nightly sums also served as a hub for Republican lawmakers hoping to raise money for their congressional campaigns.
A review of fundraising invitations reveals that at least three members of Congress had fundraisers at the now-controversial Capital Hill brownstone during the same period of time that Pruitt was living there. Several of those fundraisers took place on dates when Pruitt was in Washington D.C., according to a cross reference of the invitations and Pruitts schedule.
The EPA said that Pruitt wasnt invited to and didnt attend any of the events. And even if he were to have attended, ethics laws do not prohibit a cabinet secretary from going to a political event in his or her personal time.
While Pruitt wasnt in town for all of the events, the cross-pollination of Pruitts lobbyist-owned accommodations and the apparently common fundraising activity raises another round of questions over how the EPA chief conducted himself upon arriving in Washington.
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mpcamb
(2,871 posts)tanyev
(42,559 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)ret5hd
(20,492 posts)Sam McGee
(347 posts)Damn. Just one block away from my daughter's Capitol Hill townhouse.
She's a Democratic fundraiser and a high-powered DC lawyer. Maybe she can have the place condemned by DC.
atreides1
(16,079 posts)Kevin Minoli, Principal Deputy General Counsel...was the one who insisted that what Pruitt was paying, $50 per night, was the at market rate for prime real estate on the Hill!