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USA TODAY - EPA ethics counsel: Scott Pruitt's $50-a-night room deal wasn't 'prohibited gift at all'
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is paying $50 a night to rent a room on Capitol Hill. But here`s the crux of that deal: The apartment is owned by health care lobbyist Vicki Hart, who is married to lobbyist J. Steven Hart.
KFOR.com - Gift or purchased? Questions raised over Scott Pruitt’s Rose Bowl tickets
OKLAHOMA CITY – EPA leader and former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has seen his fair share of controversy. Now, the Rose Bowl is in the mix. Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Democrat from Maryland, wants to know how Pruitt scored his seats to the big game.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars - Today in Corruption: Pruitt Gets Gifts from Coal Executive
Reporting from the swamp that Trump absurdly promised to drain: EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt received a very valuable gift from a coal executive for whom he has rescinded regulations, saving him untold millions, perhaps billions, in the process. The gift: Courtside seats at a Kentucky basketball game. It was one of
Gizmodo - Scott Pruitt Spent $3,200 on Stationery, Took VIP Basketball Tickets From a Kentucky Coal Baron
It can be tough to keep up with the many allegations of misconduct circulating about Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, because there’s so many of them flying out the door. Over the past few months alone, internal EPA teams have failed to identify any credible threats that would justify Pruitt’s $3 million budget for 24/7 security and expensive flights, the agency has grown increasingly authoritarian and hostile to climate science, and Pruitt reportedly wined and dined a Catholic cardinal accused of sexual abuse because they both were climate change skeptics.
CNN - EPA ethics official says he didn't have all the facts on Pruitt's lease
The Environmental Protection Agency`s top ethics watchdog clarified his earlier analysis of whether Administrator Scott Pruitt`s rental arrangement broke the federal gift rule, saying he didn`t have all the facts when evaluating the lease, according to a memo provided to CNN.
HuffPost - Elizabeth Warrenâs Far-Reaching New Bill Aims To Actually Drain The Swamp
A key part of the Massachusetts senator`s measure would require that candidates for federal office release their tax returns.
The Denver Post - Ryan Zinke’s real scandals are worse than chartered planes and conflicts of interest
With Ryan Zinke visiting Colorado this week, the national media risks getting the story of his record as interior secretary wrong.
CBSPolitics - Sale of Interior secretary’s motor home raises $25K question
Zinke recently sold an RV with a steep discount to a friend in Montana's legislature
HuffPost - 10 Bizarre Gifts Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Has Received
A piece of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. A copy of `Dumb and Dumber.` $100.11 cash.
Anchorage Daily News - Zinke said he would never sell public land. But Interior is considering it.
The proposal to possibly sell 1,600 acres came to light Wednesday when the BLM released a plan to manage two national monuments that were dramatically reduced by the administration.
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