Trump’s EPA Pick Steps Down From Group That Battled the Agency
- Scott Pruitt resigned as chairman of Rule of Law Defense Fund
- Senate Democrats are seeking more information on the group
Scott Pruitt, attorney general of Oklahoma, arrives at Trump Tower in New York, on Dec. 7, 2016.
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President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency has resigned as chairman of a group critics say has helped attack the agency he’s been tapped to lead.
Scott Pruitt stepped down as chairman of the Washington-based Rule of Law Defense Fund in November, weeks before his selection by Trump to head the EPA was announced, and resigned as a board member in December, according to a financial disclosure report filed with the Office of Government Ethics and obtained by Bloomberg News.