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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu May 3, 2018, 09:02 PM May 2018

Pruitt's Coziness With Lobbyists Includes Secretly Buying a House With One

Since moving to Washington, Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has attracted the attention of federal investigators because of his unusual association with lobbyists, including his rental of a condominium last year owned by the wife of a lobbyist with business before the E.P.A.

As a state senator in Oklahoma 15 years ago, Mr. Pruitt went even further: He bought a home in the state capital with a registered lobbyist who was pushing for changes to the state’s workers’ compensation rules — changes that Mr. Pruitt championed in the legislature.

And as with the condominium rental in Washington, Mr. Pruitt never publicly disclosed his financial relationship with the lobbyist, who, like Mr. Pruitt, lived in the home when in Oklahoma City on business.

The lobbyist, Justin Whitefield, represented as many as a dozen organizations, including some that sought business-friendly changes to Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation rules.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pruitts-coziness-with-lobbyists-includes-secretly-buying-a-house-with-one/ar-AAwHoAg?li=BBnb7Kz

The guy just oozes sleaze.

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Pruitt's Coziness With Lobbyists Includes Secretly Buying a House With One (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2018 OP
Unbelievable corruption. democratisphere May 2018 #1
He's a natural fit Turbineguy May 2018 #2
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