Scott Pruitt to head the EPA

[patric]

Trump Can't Decide If Pruitt Is Too Corrupt to Lead the EPA – Or Just Corrupt Enough to Be His Attorney General
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/trump-cant-decide-whether-to-fire-pruitt-or-promote-him.html

[swake]

Trump Can't Decide If Pruitt Is Too Corrupt to Lead the EPA – Or Just Corrupt Enough to Be His Attorney General
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/trump-cant-decide-whether-to-fire-pruitt-or-promote-him.html

I keep thinking he has to the slimiest person in the admin, and then I remember Jared. And then Trump himself. 

[heironymouspasparagus]

I keep thinking he has to the slimiest person in the admin, and then I remember Jared. And then Trump himself. 

Next step is for Trump to adopt him.  Fits right into the family dynamic.

[patric]

Next step is for Trump to adopt him.  Fits right into the family dynamic.

Its apparently safe to do now without fear of the Ninja Assassins.


We have a new frontrunner for America's Next Top Swampmonster in the form of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who apparently felt entitled to live like an oligarch on the taxpayer dime. One of his big excuses for that appears to be falling apart.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a19717300/scott-pruitt-death-threats-epa/

[TeeDub]

I guess it depends on your news source.  (I have no idea who these people are...  I just did a quick google search, and apparently I am a better researcher than esquire.)

https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060070805

At least three arrests were made in fiscal 2017 related to threats against EPA facilities or personnel, Sullivan said. Nevertheless, some of those cases have not advanced much further.

[joiei]

I guess it depends on your news source.  (I have no idea who these people are...  I just did a quick google search, and apparently I am a better researcher than esquire.)

E&E News Source is a subscription-based online news service that covers energy and environment policy and markets. Based in Washington, D.C. with an estimated 40,000 subscribers.  Maybe that is why this company loves them some Scott Pruitt.  (Didn't take that long to find this out)  Who knows, maybe Esquire considered E&E a possible source of fake news. 

[patric]

E&E News Source is a subscription-based online news service that covers energy and environment policy and markets. Based in Washington, D.C. with an estimated 40,000 subscribers.  Maybe that is why this company loves them some Scott Pruitt.  (Didn't take that long to find this out)  Who knows, maybe Esquire considered E&E a possible source of fake news.  

...as illustrated by this expert analysis:

"Someone was drinking a little too much when watching Rachel Maddow." https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060070805


The "threats" were declined prosecution; almost all were non-specific, lumping in the EPA as part of "the government" and representing little more than just busywork for the FBI/Tulsa Police Joint Terrorism Task Force.

According to the internal EPA memo, the "threats" include protesters attempting to disrupt one of Pruitt's closed-door speeches, a letter from a prisoner, and a postcard that included the greeting: "CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL!!! We are watching you"
Among specific incidents, the agency said one person had approached Pruitt in the Atlanta airport while yelling, "Scott Pruitt, you're f---ing up the environment."
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/10/documents-contradict-epa-claims-threats-984459

The EPA itself admitted that there were "no records" about death threats in reply to Freedom Of Information requests.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/details-hazy-on-death-threats-against-epas-scott-pruitt_us_5acabfeae4b0337ad1e9624b

[Conan71]

So, the employee who wrote the security assessment downplaying threats to Pruitt has now been fired.  But it had nothing to do with his dismissive memo legislators cited in questioning the millions in over-spending expenditures for Pruitt's safety, apparently he was fired over another job he held 10 years ago.  Happens all the time, I know.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/04/10/scott-pruitt-security-spending/505437002/

[patric]

So, the employee who wrote the security assessment downplaying threats to Pruitt has now been fired.  But it had nothing to do with his dismissive memo legislators cited in questioning the millions in over-spending expenditures for Pruitt's safety, apparently he was fired over another job he held 10 years ago.  Happens all the time, I know.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/04/10/scott-pruitt-security-spending/505437002/

Pruitt wants to replace the EPA's "marijuana leaf" coin logo with his name and a bible verse
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/climate/pruitt-epa-challenge-coin.html

[Conan71]

Pruitt wants to replace the EPA's "marijuana leaf" coin logo with his name and a bible verse
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/climate/pruitt-epa-challenge-coin.html

How was he not suffocated in a fraternity prank back in college?

Sorry, I know I really shouldn't but...damn.

[Red Arrow]

How was he not suffocated in a fraternity prank back in college?

Sorry, I know I really shouldn't but...damn.

I think one has to at least be a Pledge. 

[Townsend]

EPA's Scott Pruitt knew about raises, former aide tells Senate Dems

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/politics/epa-scott-pruitt-travel-security-congress/index.html

Washington (CNN)A former deputy chief of staff at the Environmental Protection Agency told congressional investigators that Administrator Scott Pruitt was aware of major raises given to other aides, rebutting Pruitt's account that he was unaware of the salary bumps.

That and other allegations are recounted in a letter several Democratic members of Congress sent Pruitt and President Donald Trump on Thursday. The letter says the new information about how Pruitt has run the agency reveal actions that are "unethical and potentially illegal."

[patric]

EPA's Scott Pruitt knew about raises, former aide tells Senate Dems

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/politics/epa-scott-pruitt-travel-security-congress/index.html

Lying to Congress is pretty much a career change.

[Conan71]

Lying to Congress is pretty much a career change.

Well, that's one way to put it, yes.

I'm just curious how anyone can stand to be in the same room with Pruitt with the strong smell of vinegar and water emanating from him.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Lying to Congress is pretty much a career change.

Yeah...gets you in line to get elected President.  Like Trump...