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Demovictory9

(32,411 posts)
Tue Jun 5, 2018, 11:28 PM Jun 2018

Scott Pruitt had aid setup call with chairman of Chick-fil_a to discuss franchise for his wife

On Tuesday, newly released internal emails showed Pruitt had ordered an aide to set up a call with the chairman of Chick-fil-A to discuss the administrator’s wife, Marlyn Pruitt, becoming a franchisee of the growing fast-food chain. Pruitt never completed the application, but the call raised concerns about the “misuse of public office,” Don Fox, who was head of the federal Office of Government Ethics during the Obama administration, told The Washington Post.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-pruitt-scandals_us_5b16ef35e4b0734a99385b09

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Scott Pruitt had aid setup call with chairman of Chick-fil_a to discuss franchise for his wife (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jun 2018 OP
KnR...Pruitt has no shame, is a blatantly corrupt... GReedDiamond Jun 2018 #1
why call to chairman unless he expected special treatment Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #3
And the greedy scumbag is still on the public payroll dalton99a Jun 2018 #2
Pruitt is completely morally vacuous. califootman Jun 2018 #4

califootman

(120 posts)
4. Pruitt is completely morally vacuous.
Tue Jun 5, 2018, 11:47 PM
Jun 2018

As such, he is the perfect poster child for this wholly corrupt Republican administration.

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