Trump's top environmental official spends most of his time hanging out with the industries he regulates

There is nothing typical about the ways in which  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt is approaching his job. For one thing, he’s reportedly built up a protective detail of 18 bodyguards who take shifts to ensure he receives protection 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No other EPA administrator since the agency’s creation in 1970 has insisted on such a costly entourage. 

Gina McCarthy, Pruitt’s predecessor in the position, had a small security detail with her during the day, but not posted 24/7. According to reporting from The Washington Post, agents have had to be pulled off of investigations into environmental crimes in order to protect Pruitt instead. Read more…

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Source: Mashable
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