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Scott Pruitt Faces Scrutiny over $3 Million Security Detail

HeadlineApr 09, 2018

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 BuzzFeed 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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