Tag: Pruitt ethics abuses

Influential outsiders have played a key role in Scott Pruitt’s foreign travel

The following article by Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis was posted on the Washington Post website May 3, 2018:

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt faces rising scrutiny over several ethics issues, including his use of taxpayer money. (Video: Bastien Inzaurralde/Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Scott Pruitt’s itinerary for a February trip to Israel was remarkable by any standard for an Environmental Protection Agency administrator: A stop at a controversial Jewish settlement in the West Bank. An appearance at Tel Aviv University. A hard-to-get audience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

One force behind Pruitt’s eclectic agenda: casino magnate and Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson, a major supporter of Israel who arranged parts of Pruitt’s visit. Continue reading “Influential outsiders have played a key role in Scott Pruitt’s foreign travel”

Scott Pruitt, E.P.A. Chief, Rented Residence From Wife of Energy Lobbyist

The following article by Brad Plumer and Eric Lipton was posted on the New York Times website March 30, 2018:

Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has been the subject of questions from the House Oversight Committee about his travel expenses. Credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, rented a residence in Washington in 2017 that was partly owned by the wife of a top energy lobbyist whose firm, according to disclosure forms, conducted business before the E.P.A. that same year.

While the agency said on Friday that the arrangement was consistent with federal ethics rules, the developments come as Mr. Pruitt is already under fire from Congress regarding unrelated ethics questions. In February, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee ordered Mr. Pruitt to turn over documents related to his first-class travel at taxpayer expense, questioning whether he had received the appropriate waivers to do so. Continue reading “Scott Pruitt, E.P.A. Chief, Rented Residence From Wife of Energy Lobbyist”