"Dem Scrutinizes Pruitt’s Morocco Trip, Gas Industry Ties"

"A Senate Democrat is probing a December trip that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt took to Morocco and the degree to which it was meant to benefit the natural gas industry.

“Recent disclosures raise new questions about this trip, and potential future international trips, given your close ties to the oil and gas industry,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) wrote.

Citing calendars he obtained from the EPA, Whitehouse said in the letter he sent to Pruitt late Tuesday that he only had one briefing before the trip and it was conducted by political staff, not career staff in the agency’s international affairs office, which generally coordinates foreign trips."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill April 4, 2018.

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"More Scrutiny For Pruitt's Morocco Trip From Democrats, EPA Inspector General" (ABC News)

"Report: EPA’s Scott Pruitt Lived In Condo Linked to Energy Lobbyist" (HuffPost)

"EPA’s Pruitt Lived in DC Condo Connected To Energy Lobbyist" (AP)