Scott Pruitt

Donald Trump’s EPA pick Scott Pruitt has come under fire recently when it was revealed that he took a $40,000, taxpayer-funded first class trip to Morocco late last year. The reason the trip reportedly cost so much is because it wasn’t only Pruitt flying first class but his entire staff. The explanation for Pruitt’s trip was to pitch the supposed benefit of liquefied natural gas imports on Morocco’s economy. At that time, Cheniere Energy owned the only liquefied natural gas export in the US. We now know that at that time, Pruitt was living in the Cheniere Energy lobbyist’s house for $50 a night which is less than a third of what other nearby two-bedroom homes list for. Other recent scandals involve Pruitt reassigning the guy who would not let him use a police siren to get out of DC traffic,
EPA officials being demoted after raising concerns about Pruitt's ethics and perks for Pruitt's staffers. Donald Trump's response to this is that Pruitt has done a 'fantastic job.'