{"id":2825,"date":"2018-07-03T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/03\/what-else-is-scott-pruitt-hiding\/"},"modified":"2018-07-03T16:31:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T16:31:00","slug":"what-else-is-scott-pruitt-hiding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-else-is-scott-pruitt-hiding\/","title":{"rendered":"What Else Is Scott Pruitt Hiding?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_8826327858437807471gmail-docs-internal-guid-02835006-60f4-82a7-615e-ec55a9ce57ab\">EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has gone to great lengths to try to cover up his ongoing scandals, his misuse of taxpayer funds, his close relationships with industry insiders, and more. With all his attempts to cover his tracks, what else is Scott Pruitt trying to hide?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_8826327858437807471gmail-docs-internal-guid-02835006-60f4-82a7-615e-ec55a9ce57ab\">Here&rsquo;s the latest from this past week:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_8826327858437807471gmail-docs-internal-guid-02835006-60f4-82a7-615e-ec55a9ce57ab\">SECRET MEETINGS<\/span>: Pruitt and his aides have kept &#8220;<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/07\/02\/politics\/scott-pruitt-whistleblower-secret-calendar\/index.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530721879684000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFrCSSOXjD4_xWL3CY_E0dr656XUw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/07\/02\/politics\/scott-pruitt-whistleblower-secret-calendar\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">secret<\/a>&#8221; calendars and schedules to overtly hide controversial meetings and calls.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_8826327858437807471gmail-docs-internal-guid-02835006-60f4-82a7-615e-ec55a9ce57ab\">SECRETIVE LLCs<\/span>: After he enlisted staffers to help secure a fundraising <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/pruitt-aides-reveal-new-details-of-his-spending-and-management-at-epa\/2018\/07\/02\/71b87384-7aec-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.html?utm_term%3D.47e9e1fe5f1f&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530721879684000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkl-zj5xB5mkTw8CwClLI2wFNU7w\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/pruitt-aides-reveal-new-details-of-his-spending-and-management-at-epa\/2018\/07\/02\/71b87384-7aec-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.html?utm_term=.47e9e1fe5f1f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">job for his wife<\/a> paying more than $200,000, Pruitt was cautioned that he would have to disclose his wife&rsquo;s income and said he would create a <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/02\/climate\/epa-pruitt-wife-job.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530721879684000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE0kBl-N_YvzEu4SNuEIsvcshYJHA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/02\/climate\/epa-pruitt-wife-job.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">limited liability corporation<\/a> to cover it up. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_8826327858437807471gmail-docs-internal-guid-02835006-60f4-82a7-615e-ec55a9ce57ab\">SILENCING AIDES<\/span>: Pruitt personally reached out to conservative allies to <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/scott-pruitt-personally-involved-in-ratfcking-ex-aides-who-he-feels-betrayed-him?via%3Dtwitter_page%26__twitter_impression%3Dtrue%26__twitter_impression%3Dtrue&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530721879684000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFy6EWDwZCvCChmVyA1duSyBnriVw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/scott-pruitt-personally-involved-in-ratfcking-ex-aides-who-he-feels-betrayed-him?via=twitter_page&amp;__twitter_impression=true&amp;__twitter_impression=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dissuade <\/a>anyone from hiring his former aide who testified that Pruitt directed her to buy a used mattress from the Trump International Hotel.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_8826327858437807471gmail-docs-internal-guid-02835006-60f4-82a7-615e-ec55a9ce57ab\">PRIVATE EMAIL<\/span>: An examination of <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/06\/22\/scott-pruitt-where-are-his-emails-664285&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530721879684000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFvy-_QCR6h1HJVauCdo1cV82QBCg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/06\/22\/scott-pruitt-where-are-his-emails-664285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pruitt&rsquo;s government email accounts<\/a> uncovered only one message he wrote to anyone outside the EPA during his first ten months in office, a number that has watchdogs questioning whether Pruitt is communicating in private.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has gone to great lengths to try to cover up his ongoing scandals, his misuse of taxpayer funds, his close relationships with industry insiders, and more. With all his attempts to cover his tracks, what else is Scott Pruitt trying to hide? &nbsp; Here&rsquo;s the latest from this past week: &nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Else Is Scott Pruitt Hiding? - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-else-is-scott-pruitt-hiding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-03T16:31:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-else-is-scott-pruitt-hiding\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-else-is-scott-pruitt-hiding\/\",\"name\":\"What Else Is Scott Pruitt Hiding? 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