The Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general has opened “new reviews” into Administrator Scott Pruitt’s alleged ethical lapses, including his $50 per night condo rental, according to letters sent Friday to two top Democrats. The inspector general in January began auditing the administrator’s costly flights to his home state of Oklahoma. The watchdog twice expanded the probe to cover a wider time window to include Pruitt’s trip to Morocco in December. Both the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Republican-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are investigating Pruitt’s spending. However, the senator walked back the statement Friday, issuing a new statement in support of Pruitt and blasting Democrats for “mudslinging.”Chris D’Angelo contributed reporting.

Source: Huffington Post April 27, 2018 20:43 UTC