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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/07/trump-tweet-epa-head-scott-pruitt-is-resigning/:
On Thursday, President Trump tweeted that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt had submitted his resignation.
Pruitt had been considered among the most loyal of Trump's appointees, but the former Oklahoma Attorney General made headlines over the past several months with repeated scandals over extravagant spending. Pruitt reportedly used agency funds to buy hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of tactical pants and other security-related items. He also used agency resources to help his wife find a job and even to help him purchase a used Trump hotel mattress. Questions about who Pruitt promoted and how raises were doled out also caused significant damage to Pruitt's public image. Thirteen different federal investigations had been opened up into the administrator's conduct.
Trump's tweet mentioned none of this Thursday afternoon, however. "I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency," the President 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..."
A second tweet continued: "... 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!"
Also at: The Scientist and CNBC.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Sulla on Monday July 09 2018, @03:25AM (3 children)
And nothing of value was lost
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 5, Insightful) by c0lo on Monday July 09 2018, @03:56AM
It actually was.
Would he have done it earlier (ideally, never appointed), less value would have been lost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Monday July 09 2018, @03:59AM
Or gained, the new guy is the same except not a political noob [soylentnews.org]. No condo crap [politico.com].
Even if some skeletons are dug out of his closet, Trump administration officials can get a free pass on the first few skeletons.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 5, Insightful) by number11 on Monday July 09 2018, @04:03AM
The new guy appears to likely be just as evil (he's another ex-lobbyist). But not as in-your-face corrupt. He'll fly under the radar, where Pruitt didn't even try to hide his corruption.