Pruitt may be the most comically corrupt member of the administration — the only agency head we know of, yet, to spend taxpayer money on obtaining fancy lotion and “tactical pants.” But there’s plenty to swampiness to go around, Matt Shuham writes in his Weekly Primer.
One example: Chuck Rettig, Trump’s pick to lead the IRS, failed to disclose to Congress that two properties he owns are, in fact, in the Trump International Hotel Waikiki and Tower — a detail that certainly seems relevant to his nomination.