In mid-September, the Environmental Protection Agency chief’s director of scheduling and advance contacted the Trump International Hotel in Washington with an unusual request. Millan Hupp wanted to know how much the hotel would charge EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for purchasing one of its used mattresses. The Oversight Committee is conducting a probe of several spending and management decisions Pruitt has made since taking the helm of the EPA. A receptionist last week referred a Washington Post reporter to Tempur-Sealy corporate offices, where Stearns and Foster sells via mail order the same mattress found in rooms at the Trump hotel. Three years earlier, Trump himself had touted the bedding line, tweeting on Oct. 18, 2012: “My Trump Home Mattress Collection by Serta is setting records — they are really phenomenal.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2018 14:30 UTC