Do I hear banjo music?
So much for "Practice Makes Perfect!" Scott Pruitt, the polluters' inside man at the EPA, has been practicing corruption for years allegedly. And yet he is so, so bad at it!
Nothing says BE COOL, BRO, like hundreds of thousands of dollars of first-class travel for your whole posse -- although he was apparently safe in coach once he had to fly on his own dime -- and a 19-car security detail with sirens blazing. CNBC reports that no EPA Administrator has ever had round-the-clock security, even after the September 11 attacks.
But Pruitt's ambitious domestic and international travel led to rapidly escalating costs, with the security detail racking up so much overtime that many hit annual salary caps of about $160,000. The demands of providing 24-hour coverage even meant taking some investigators away from field work, such as when Pruitt traveled to California for a family vacation.
The EPA official said total security costs approached $3 million when pay is added to travel expenses.
EPA staff claim that Pruitt needs $2-3 million per year of security because of "death threats."
While Security spending was somewhat more than his predecessor, Scott Pruitt has received death threats because of his bold actions at EPA. Record clean Air & Water while saving USA Billions of Dollars. Rent was about market rate, travel expenses OK. Scott is doing a great job!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 8, 2018
Someone Who Is Good At The Economy Please Help Scott Pruitt, He Is A Idiot
Yeah. Even with the Stormy Daniels interview, they've been pretty dull these past few years.
I wonder if he screwed over the wrong people at some point and we're spending the money to protect Pruitt from them.