Who Is The Trump Administration’s Next Scott Pruitt?

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 28: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, is seen with other cabinet members in the House Chamber before President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress in the Capitol, February 28, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) — UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 28: Clockwise from center, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Defense Secretary James Mattis, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, SBA Administrator Linda McMahon, OMB Director Mick Mulvaney, and... UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 28: Clockwise from center, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Defense Secretary James Mattis, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, SBA Administrator Linda McMahon, OMB Director Mick Mulvaney, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, are seen in the House Chamber before President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress in the Capitol, February 28, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) MORE LESS

August 8, 2018 1:59 p.m.

I often remind myself that former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt eventually resigned amid a downpour of negative press coverage not because he had failed at his job, but, rather, despite his successes. Pruitt will go down in history as one...

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