Draining the Swamp, Trump style
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:22 am
Briefly, Scott Pruitt spent over 40 grand on the Taxpayer's dime for first class air travel to Morocco for his coterie. The reason given was that he was promoting the sale of American natural gas to Morocco. Why is the Administrator of the EPA flying to Morocco to promote the sale of American natural gas? Why this is the purview of the EPA and not the Energy Department or State Department?
All you have to do is look at the house Scott Pruitt has used for his Washington residence:
Got it? Pruitt lives in a house owned by an Energy lobbyist, and he spends 40 large of your money to promote his landlord's business, which has nothing to do with protecting the environment. I hope he is the next m'fing cabinet member to go.
All you have to do is look at the house Scott Pruitt has used for his Washington residence:
Salon wrote:The building's co-owner, Vicki Hart, is married to energy lobbyist J. Steven Hart, according to ABC News. Although the network wasn't able to determine how much money EPA administrator Scott Pruitt was paying to live in the townhouse, it was believed to be roughly comparable to the market rate. If Pruitt was given any kind of advantage in terms of pricing for the townhouse, that could be construed as an improper gift.
The property is owned by a limited liability company that is associated with an address owned by the Harts. J. Steven Hart told ABC News that although his wife is a co-owner, she is not the majority owner. He refused to identify her business partners.
In addition to the ethics concerns, the townhouse situation raises serious questions about whether Hart has actually been able to influence Pruitt's policies.
Williams and Jensen, the lobbying firm of which Hart is CEO and chairman, represents among other clients Cheniere Energy Inc., which paid Hart's firm $80,000 a year to lobby about "issues related to the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG), approval of LNG exports and export facilities," as well as about policies like the Clear Air Act.
Got it? Pruitt lives in a house owned by an Energy lobbyist, and he spends 40 large of your money to promote his landlord's business, which has nothing to do with protecting the environment. I hope he is the next m'fing cabinet member to go.