EPA administrator criticizes inspector general conclusions on Scott Pruitt’s alleged abuses
WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the onetime administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was once a potent symbol of corruption within the Trump administration, as well as of its push to roll back environmental protections.
“There are a number of errors in that report,” Wheeler said in response to a question from Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., adding that the EPA would not seek to recoup any of the $124,000 the inspector general determined Pruitt and his top staffers had improperly spent on first-class travel and security arrangements.
Wheeler on Tuesday said that Pruitt was in fact facing a “security risk,” repeating that the inspector general report was erroneous. He said that the determination not to recover any funds was made by the agency’s general counsel, Matthew Leopold, a Trump appointee. “There was no abuse,” Wheeler said, adding several words that were not audible because Quigley cut him off. “There was no misuse of funds,” Wheeler said. “And there will be no misuse of funds.”“As opposed to going after the money that was already inappropriately used,” he shot back at Wheeler.
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