Lawmakers have let Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt know what they think of the ethics and spending scandals that have prompted bipartisan calls for his ouster. And they didn’t hold back.
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At a hearing Thursday, the EPA chief blamed “half truths” and “twisted” allegations on an effort to undermine the Trump administration’s anti-regulatory agenda. The public grilling at a House hearing came as support has eroded for Pruitt among fellow Republicans after a nearly monthlong hammering of negative headlines about outsized security spending, first-class flights and a sweetheart condo lease. Even Republicans who support Pruitt’s policy agenda said his apparent lapses could not be ignored.
