scott pru sit still employed. he remains in his position as administrator of the epa despite 129 separate federal investigations and an almost comical mountain of evidence of corruption and shady dealing. the president who campaigned on a message of drain the swamp because he said the crowds liked it when he said that, now says pruitt has his full confidence. this week sinclair broadcasting stepped in to help. boris epstein conducted an interview with pruitt it would almost be hilarious if so many television stations hadn t been forced to run it. here s a portion of that two-minute piece. epa administrator scott pruitt has dealt with his share of controversies in his time at the agency. the criticisms have centered on pay raises for his subordinates and alleged misuse of taxpayer funds to pay for travel and security. here s what administrator pruitt had to say. well, look, i care so much about taxpayer money it s what
the agency. the criticisms have centered on pay raises for his subordinates and alleged misuse of taxpayer funds to pay for travel and security. here s what administrator pruitt had to say. well, look, i care so much about taxpayer money it s what i ve done historically when i served at the state level. it s important to serve in this capacity that everyone is a good steward of taxpayer money but these distractions, these issues that we ve dealt with largely i think have emanated from the great work we ve been doing. so i m trying to learn from there process and make sure the agency applies different checks and balances in the # future but continue to focus on getting results at the same time. making some of those changes to make sure there s more oversight. absolutely. we should. here s the bottom line, scott pruitt is standing strong in his job. you got that everyone. according to media matters the interview was aired in two short segments, the first one ran at 35 news stat
the agency. the criticisms have centered on pay raises for his subordinates and alleged misuse of taxpayer funds to pay for travel and security. here s what administrator pruitt had to say. well, look, i care so much about taxpayer money it s what i ve done historically when i served at the state level. it s important to serve in this capacity that everyone is a good steward of taxpayer money but these distractions, these issues that we ve dealt with largely i think have emanated from the great work we ve been doing. so i m trying to learn from there process and make sure the agency applies different collection and balances in the future but continue to focus on getting results at the same time. making some of those changes to make sure there s more oversight. absolutely. we should. here s the bottom line, scott pruitt is standing strong in his job. you got that everyone. according to media matters the interview was aired in two short segments, the first one ran at 35u6r ne
president trump has become the swamp. president trump, when it comes to draining the swamp has been a complete and total disappointment. the swamp has never been more foul or more fetid than under this president. bill: how about that? you have administrator pruitt, tom price, betsy devos. you could go on and on and on about the swamp. bill: what about pelosi and schumer? all you are seeing from his cabinet is nothing but swampyness. swamp people. pruitt is the poster child for swamp. bill: i think you have something on your shoe there. clean it off. thank you richard and brad. sandra: a 30-year-old man ordered to leave his parents home after the couple goes to a judge to get their son out of their house. why the state of new york says
administrator pruitt had dinner in rome with a catholic cardinal who was under investigation for child sex abuse. i m not aware of that. i haven t spoken with the president about administrator pruitt today. catherine. reporter: following up on kelly sadler s comment, does the white house not feel it needs to condemn these reemarks? i m not going to validate a leak out of an internal staff meeting one way or the other. jonathan. reporter: does the president regret what he said during the campaign about john mccain when he said he wasn t a war hero, prefers people that weren t captured? i believe the president has spoken about that. i haven t talked with him specifically about that, jeff. reporter: if you won t comment on the specific comment, what does the white house believe about senator mccain? is is there a tone said where