Posted on 04/01/2018 9:20:13 AM PDT by gattaca
nvironmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is facing questions about his housing arrangement after he reportedly rented a residence partially owned by the wife of an energy lobbyist.
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ABC News first reported that Pruitt, who has already been the subject of a controversy relating to his travel expenses, lived in the condo in Washington D.C., for six months in 2017 when he first arrived in the capital. On Friday ABC reported that his adult daughter used a second room in the condo. Bloomberg News reported that Pruitt paid $6,100 over six months -- $50 a night for the nights he slept there -- in what a source told the outlet was consistent with an Airbnb-style arrangement. The condo is co-owned by Vicki Hart, whose husband, J. Steven Hart, is chairman of a firm that lobbies for environmental and energy clients. The Associated Press reported that his firm's clients include Exxon Mobil and Cheniere Energy.
While ethics rules normally prohibit employees in the executive branch from receiving gifts, the EPA denied that it was, in fact, an example of a gift.
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More socialist-democrats and their MSM propaganda wing toadies attempting to pick off anyone loyal to the MAGA cause, or associated with President Trump.
Pruitt is the most hated cabinet member and the best. He must stay.
You can’t fix stupid.
Obama and his POS Administration spent and lost TRILLIONS. They should be swinging.
Utter nonsense.
This BS may the left trying a hail mary to get him to delay relaxing the impossible CAFE standards. I thought that announcement was coming this weekend, what happened?
Liberals work OT to find ANYTHING to make conservatives appear dishonest. Well, who would know better than themselves what honest or dishonest is?
A thousand a month?! That is incredibly cheap and likely a good deal.
Not a gift if he paid 6100
My guess is that the rent is probably less than market. A thousand a month is hella cheap.
$1500 a month does not seem to be a gift.
so far I’ve only heard meek explanations - he should read this thread before talking to the press again...
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