The EPA Inspector General Isn’t Impressed With The Agency’s Effort To Explain Pruitt’s ‘Round The Clock Security Detail

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is photographed at the EPA on November 15, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) — WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is photographed at the EPA on November 15, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

September 4, 2018 3:06 p.m.

The EPA inspector general’s office reaffirmed Tuesday that the Trump transition team requested a 24/7 security detail for former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt before Pruitt even had the formal title. It was a decision with wide-reaching consequences for the agency. Law...

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