Pruitt Allegedly Worked With His Staff to Scrub Controversial Meetings From Official Calendar

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Think Progress

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt reportedly worked with his staff to to conceal meetings with fossil fuel industry executives, lobbyists, and a senior Roman Catholic leader under investigation for child abuse, according to a former EPA official. Falsifying or concealing records is a federal offence.

As the former director for the Office of Government Ethics, Walter Shaub, pointed out on twitter, the federal regulations “mandates use of a [government] travel card” and “prohibits misuse of official position (as in ordering a subordinate to use her personal credit for your travel).”