The Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general will open “new reviews” into ethics questions surrounding Administrator Scott Pruitt, including his $50-a-night rental of a lobbyist’s Capitol Hill condo last year. Word of the latest inquiry into Pruitt’s spending and management decisions came Friday in a letter to two Democratic lawmakers, Reps. Don Beyer (Va.) and Ted Lieu (Calif.). “Some will be the impetus for new reviews.”A spokeswoman for the inspector general said in an email Friday that officials will open a probe into Pruitt’s 2017 rental from lobbyist Vicki Hart. Pruitt was grilled about his spending and management practices during two hearings Thursday on Capitol Hill. “Those who have attacked the EPA and attacked me are doing so because they want to derail the president’s agenda.

Source: Washington Post April 27, 2018 23:16 UTC