EPA Chief Denies Knowing Who Raised Aides’ Pay in Heated Fox Interview

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a heated interview with Fox News that he doesn’t know who at the agency raised the pay of two aides in defiance of the White House.

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a heated interview with Fox News that he doesn’t know who at the agency raised the pay of two aides in defiance of the White House -- the latest controversy to engulf him.

Pruitt, in an interview aired Wednesday, said he wasn’t the one who gave the raises and "I don’t know" who did.