Pressure Builds for Probe of Pruitt’s Travel, $50-a-Night Condo
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Scott Pruitt
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Lawmakers and watchdog groups are pressuring federal investigators to widen a probe into Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s travel and security protection, amid intensifying scrutiny of his unorthodox rental of a Capitol Hill condominium last year.
Republicans and Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have requested information on Pruitt’s housing situation, and watchdog groups have asked the EPA’s inspector general to scrutinize the arrangement. The inspector general is already investigating Pruitt’s travel, including frequent trips to the administrator’s home state of Oklahoma.