The "opportunity" presented by the Pruitt aide was, as it turned out, actually "an expression of interest in (Pruitt's) wife becoming a Chick-fil-A franchisee," a company representative told The Washington PostIn the end, the outreach didn't yield much. Pruitt's wife never completed her application. Pruitt gave that impenetrable response to a question about the story. Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican, recently called Pruitt "about as swampy as you get." And you know, somebody has to say that about you a little bit," the President said of Pruitt.

Source: CNN June 07, 2018 21:00 UTC