Scott Pruitt resigns as EPA administrator, Trump says

[barbtries]

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Source: CNBC

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Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/08/trump-spoke-to-scott-pruitt-amid-reports-of-white-house-probe-into-epa-chief.html

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[dhol82]

1. Excellent!

Wonder where he can go now to grift?

[barbtries]

5. i'd like to see charges brought against him.

and pretty much the entire cabinet, and especially the president and his family...and with this administration it could maybe even happen, if we can prevail in the coming elections.

[dhol82]

10. I agree but - what do you charge him with?

Bad taste and stupidity?
Hope they can find some real charges of embezzlement and/or extortion.

[barbtries]

13. abuse of office, or power

his using his position to get jobs for his wife is criminal, i believe.

[dhol82]

16. Yeah, but he never succeeded.

Need to ask a real lawyer if this could be a possibility.

[barbtries]

18. he did though

she didn't get the chik fil a franchise but she got some other position he finagled for her, though not making that much money. i believe the law is about intent, but i'm not a lawyer either.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-pruitt-wife-200000_us_5b3b1750e4b09e4a8b26c8a7

[avebury]

6. God forbid, probably Oklahoma.

I thought of sending a letter to the Oklahoma Bar Association asking if they are conducting a review of him based upon all of his ethical violations. He should lose his law license.

[dhol82]

11. That's lovely schadenfreude.

[olegramps]

25. Damn. I was hoping it was Trump that resigned. Oh, well its better than nothing.

What an administration! Can it get any worse? If the Democrats don't sweep the elections, something is terribly wrong. I am waiting for Malania to go back to Slovakia of where ever she is from. Maybe she is a Russian agent who was one of the golden shower girls. That's good material for a conspiracy theory.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. About damn time. He should have been sacked months ago,

when his first-class travel arrangements were first discovered.

But don't worry; Spanky will find another venal, corrupt swamp creature to replace him.

[sandensea]

3. Frankly, I would've rather he stay on.

One, because he was a walking embarrassment, and therefore a real liability to the Cheeto regime.

And two, beacuse his replacement will surely be no better (probably worse).

[avebury]

4. Any chance of any criminal charges still being

filed for any of his numerous ethical violations?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Duplicate in Home page LBN column

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142102032

[barbtries]

15. more than one in fact

but i was making my post at the very same time. if admins want to lock or delete they will i guess.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. 1) You can self delete, 2) You can check after posting for possible simultaneous posts.

Just two posts. The third post in the LBN column on the Home page is about an aide who got fired, not about Pruitt resigning.

[alwaysinasnit]

8. I wonder if there is any way to claw back some of the taxpayer money he embezzled (used for his

personal enrichment/benefit)?

[duforsure]

9. Makes you now wonder,

What next position turnip will put him into for the big bucks donor that he had.

[lsewpershad]

12. Not good enough

He should be imprisoned for something.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. It's about TIME! WaPo article

Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns

by Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin July 5 at 3:44 PM

Scott Pruitt, facing more than a dozen federal inquiries, resigned as Environmental Protection Agency administrator on Thursday.

“I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,” President Trump tweeted. “Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this. The Senate confirmed Deputy at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, will on Monday assume duties as the acting Administrator of the EPA. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright!”

This post will be updated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/07/05/embattled-epa-chief-scott-pruitt-resigns/?utm_term=.150acc4cdbe2

[Gothmog]

19. More from Ali Velshi

Link to tweet

[democrank]

20. A study in corruption

Hope he takes his Trump mattress with him.

[Totally Tunsie]

21. It's about f****** time...

now let's get Zinke out too.

[barbtries]

22. carson.

and DeVos and the rest on the principle that cabinet members should represent their area of concern, not try to kill it

[Snellius]

23. A list of officials who have left the Trump administration

as of March. And counting.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/list-officials-left-trump-administration/story?id=49334453

[Mr.Bill]

24. Our next Supreme Court Justice?

Wouldn't surprise me.

[muriel_volestrangler]

26. Locking - duplicate thread

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