Former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt in his office at EPA headquarters. Investigators concluded that 40 trips Pruitt either took or scheduled during a 10-month period, between March 1 and Dec. 31, 2017, cost taxpayers $985,037. The bulk of those expenses were for Pruitt’s round-the-clock security detail, which billed $428,896 in travel costs. “The administrator at all times followed the procedures and processes dictated by the EPA travel office as well as the EPA General Counsel’s Office,” Mitchell said. The vast majority of Pruitt’s travel costs — 82 percent — stemmed from his airfare, the report found.

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2019 16:30 UTC