Pruitt’s EPA Mess Stayed Alive and Kept Embarrassing Trump
The ethics and management scandal around Scott Pruitt did not die down on April 28, and that was the point: every new detail made it clearer that Trump had installed a culture of indulgence at EPA. Even before the eventual resignation, the administrator’s spending, favoritism, and alleged rule-bending had become a running indictment of the president’s willingness to tolerate corruption as long as the loyalists stayed loyal.
First recorded Apr 28, 2018·Meaningfully updated Apr 28, 2018
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Pruitt’s EPA Mess Stayed Alive and Kept Embarrassing Trump
The ethics and management scandal around Scott Pruitt did not die down on April 28, and that was the point: every new detail made it clearer that Trump had installed a culture of indulgence at EPA. Even before the eventual resignation, the administrator’s spending, favoritism, and alleged rule-bending had become a running indictment of the president’s willingness to tolerate corruption as long as the loyalists stayed loyal.
The ethics and management scandal around Scott Pruitt did not die down on April 28, and that was the point: every new detail made it clearer that Trump had installed a culture of indulgence at EPA. Even before the eventual resignation, the administrator’s spending, favoritism, and alleged rule-bending had become a running indictment of the president’s willingness to tolerate corruption as long as the loyalists staye…
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