Todd. Welcome to mtp daily. We begin tonight with breaking news. Epa chief scott pruitt has resigned after a shocking number of scandals and controversies simply proved too much, even for an administration that has become rather adept at powering through scandals and controversies. Pruitts ouster is an unbelievable development in that he lasted this long. As scandals piled up, the president continued to dig in, defending pruitt for his work in dismantling epa programs and regulations. As of last week, we counted a total of 15 ongoing federal inquiries into pruitt. There were allegations he abused taxpayer money via personal travel and other expenses. There were the allegations that he used the office in an attempt to enrich himself and his family. There were reports of a sweetheart deal involving a d. C. Condo that was tied to fossil fuel lobbyists. Allegations he used the office in an attempt to get his wife a chickfila franchise and hook her up with a 200,000ayear job. There were all
With someone. Now that said, ontheres not a t of interaction between the president and Supreme Court justice. There shouldnt be given some of the issues this Supreme Court could be weighing in on. The latest that we have according to peter alexander, his reporting on that, three finalists might be too strong but seem to be the serious contenders. The names brett kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and raymond kethledge. Two of them kennedy clerks, one a clerk for justice scalia. When we think about the theatrics on how this will be rolled out, bill shine is on the plane with President Trump as theyre flying to montana. Lots of time for the two of them to game out their strategy on how theyre going to presenting this pick. Ali. Lets talk about the other matter right now, the trump and putin meeting. The president is confirming or the white house is confirming theyre going to have a oneonone meeting. What weve learned about this meeting is theres not going to be other people. We dont think ther
Cnn newsroom starts right now. At 3 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast we start with another high profile departure from the Trump Administration. The head of the epa, the Environmental Protection agency has resigned under a cloud of controversy. Scott pruitt was at the white house on wednesday, the fourth of july, for celebrations there. His resignation comes amid a long list of alleged ethics violations. You see some of them here. Its a long expensive list. Pruitt is the subject of at least 14 separate investigations. Among the claims, trying to use his position to secure a job and a Restaurant Franchise for his wife. President trump has been hesitant to take action, instead praising pruitts deregulation efforts in that agency. On thursday he tweeted this. Within the agency scott has done an outstanding job and i will always be thankful to him for this. In an exclusive investigation cnn has uncovered the latest pruitt scandal. Our drew griffon has details for you. Reporter it may
Good evening, once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams. Epa administrator scott pruitt joins the list of high profile departures from the white house. Hours ago pruitt sent his resignati Resignation Letter to the white house as he faces scandals. A sweetheart deal on a condo rental linked to a lobbyist and ordering aides to help him obtain a used mattress from trumps hotel in washington. Right now pruitt is the subject of 15 ongoing federal investigations. Earlier today in a tweet President Trump announced he had accepted pruitts resignation. He wrote, quote, within the agency scott has done an outstanding job and i will be thankful to him for this. He goes onto write, the Senate Confirmed deputy to the epa Andrew Wheeler will on monday assume duties as the acting administrator of the epa. In his own Resignation Letter pruitt praised him. He goes onto say, its extremely difficult for me to cease serving you in this role first becau
Joins the list of high profile departures from the white house. Hours ago pruitt sent his Resignation Letter to the white house as he faces scandals. A sweetheart deal on a condo rental linked to a lobbyist and ordering aides to help him obtain a used mattress from trumps hotel in washington. Right now pruitt is the subject of 15 ongoing federal investigations. Earlier today in a tweet President Trump announced he had accepted pruitts resignation. He wrote, quote, within the agency scott has done an outstanding job and i will be thankful to him for this. He goes onto write, the Senate Confirmed deputy to the epa Andrew Wheeler will on monday assume duties as the acting administrator of the epa. In his own Resignation Letter pruitt praised him. He goes onto say, its extremely difficult for me to cease serving you in this role first because i count it as a blessing to be serving you in any capacity bought also because of the transformative work thats occurring. However, the unrelenting a