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April 9, 2018

Scott Pruitt Faces Scrutiny over $3 Million Security Detail
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing
increasing scrutiny, after the Associated Press revealed the agency has
spent nearly $3 million on Pruitt's security detail, including 18
full-time agents. The EPA and President Trump have claimed that Pruitt
has faced death threats. But an investigative reporter with Buzz Feed
filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the EPA seeking all
records of death threats against Pruitt. The EPA's response was that
there are zero records of death threats against Pruitt.


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