Two of Scott Pruitt's top aides resign amid EPA scrutiny

[riversedge]

Source: CNN



By Jeremy Diamond and Gregory Wallace, CNN

Updated 6:05 PM ET, Wed June 6, 2018


(CNN)Two of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's closest aides at the agency resigned on Wednesday, an EPA official confirms to CNN.

Sarah Greenwalt, a senior counselor to Pruitt, and Millan Hupp, who worked as Pruitt's scheduling director, both resigned on Wednesday, the official told CNN. Their resignations are set to take effect late this week and early next week, the source said

Hupp recently testified before the House oversight committee that she did many personal tasks for Pruitt, including house-hunting and inquiring about obtaining a used Trump hotel mattress.

Their resignations leave Pruitt increasingly isolated at the EPA, where he has lost the confidence of most of the agency's career staff and many conservative political appointees who feel that Pruitt's ethical lapses have done a disservice to the President's agenda.
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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/politics/two-epa-aides-resign/index.html

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Seriously--how long can this thug stay in office??


BTW--Trump raised Pruitt today at the FEMA conference (Melania by his side--why was she there?? that is another topic I know)

"EPA is doing really, really well. And you know, somebody has to say that about you a little bit," Trump said. "EPA is doing so well...I think people are very happy with the job that's being done at the EPA."..

Link to tweet

[BigmanPigman]

1. They probably got a better deal by working for

Chick-fil-A. Maybe MelaniE was there because she needed tips on how to open a franchise and fill out the proper paperwork.

[Siwsan]

2. Pruitt wanted a used trump* hotel mattress!?!?!

[vlyons]

3. When I look at his face

I see a little boy with chocolate crumbs on his face, lying about "I didn't eat the whole bag of oreos. It wasn't me."

[nature-lover]

7. Exactly. Maybe this is nepotism and he is really trump's shady little brother.

[angrychair]

4. Seriously

Hupp recently testified before the House oversight committee that she did many personal tasks for Pruitt, including house-hunting and inquiring about obtaining a used Trump hotel mattress.

I'm not even sure what to say to this. Its both creepy and such a sycophantic act that it defies logic.

We live in truly strange times.

[Jedi Guy]

11. Supposedly...

The mattresses at Trump hotels are super awesome and what-not. Personally, I don't give a shit how nice the mattress might be, I'm not buying it used. That's just beyond gross, especially if you've seen those news stories where they shine a black light on hotel mattresses and linens. Ugh. Just... ugh.

[nature-lover]

6. All of us who require clean air and water aren't "very happy" with the EPA right now.

However, when trump talks about the people that support any of his positions and are "very happy," he cannot include me.

Is Pruitt just being kept on as a distraction for the administration's other malicious deeds or he here to dismantle all of the environmental protections (regulations) until he is finally forced out? Both?

[riversedge]

8. Hupp and Greenwalt were also the two aides who were set to receive Pruitt-approved pay raises despit

These two were Pruitt's political appointee's. Short stint.

Hupp and Greenwalt were also the two aides who were set to receive Pruitt-approved pay raises despite the White House's refusal to sign off on the raises.

[laserhaas]

9. Yup.....

Link to tweet

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[bitterross]

10. It's a start.

Not much else.

[bronxiteforever]

12. Kick and recommend for visibility. Pruitt is odious.

[lordsummerisle]

13. Is this for f*cking real?

It's almost as if Drumpf said to Pruitt OK, go head the EPA, dismantle it as much as you can and in the process run up staggering costs for security, trips abroad (this is EPA right?) and vacations. And while you're at it try to violate as many ethical norms as you can, including getting discounted housing from a lobbyist and getting your wife a fast-food franchise.
As the cliche goes, you can't make this stuff up...

[JohnnyRingo]

14. Now officially scapegoats.

They've willfully thrown themselves under the bus, unless they cooperate to bring down Pruitt.

[lark]

15. "People are very happy etc. is always a lie.

That always means drumpf is happy and in this case it's because he's following Putin's orders to destroy our country, one tiny bit at a time.

[KPN]

16. Why do I get this urge to punch him in the face every time I see a close up pic

of this corrupt bastard? Photos don't usually do that to me. There's just something about his particular face ...