Pruitt Departs EPA

This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site provides the news that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has resigned from this cabinet level position in the Trump administration.

Recently, Pruitt has been facing intense investigations about his spending habits on Capitol Hill. More news stories keep appearing to document his misuse of finances. As allegations piled up, half a dozen of Pruitt’s closest aides resigned, and though Trump has continued to back him, fewer and fewer legislators have been willing to come to his defense. Finally, on July 5, the White House asked Pruitt to submit his resignation. Upon receiving it, Trump stated that there was no one “final straw” that caused Pruitt to resign, and continued to insist that he had done a great job as EPA director. Pruitt, for his part, said that he quit because he didn’t want to continue being a distraction for the administration.

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