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February 8, 2017

EPA Pick Scott Pruitt Sued for Withholding Emails with Oil & Gas Industry
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Meanwhile, yet another one of Trump's Cabinet nominees, Oklahoma
Attorney General Scott Pruitt, is facing criticism and a lawsuit by the
ACLU of Oklahoma, which accuses Pruitt of violating the state's Open
Records Act by refusing to turn over documents related to his office's
communications with coal, oil and gas companies, including Koch
Industries. Pruitt has been nominated to head the Environmental
Protection Agency, despite having a long history of being an ally to the
fossil fuel industry and having sued the EPA 14 times. His office has
acknowledged having thousands of emails related to the records
request-but it's failed to turn over a single one after more than two
years.


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