Zblo. Scott pruitt stepping down as head of the epa. In his Resignation Letter pruitt appears to blame his downfall on political attacks. Tonight were told the epas watchdog will continue to investigate pruitt despite his exit. Ill get reablction from two members of congress. First, the cnn White House Correspondent caitlyn collins. The president spoke about pruitts resignation just a few minutes ago. What did he say . Reporter were hearing from the president for the first time on this resignation. He is making clear that scott pruitt resigned and was not fired by the president , despite the number of scandals made against him. Hes telling reporters on air force one there was no final straw for scott pruitt, saying he is a terrific guy and that he came to the president and said that he has such great confidence in the administration, i dont want to be a distraction. Trump says i think scott felt that he was a distraction. Now he was asked directly was this Scott Pruitts choice or yours
Cohen, and launching new attacks on the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller. Trump tweeted, Michael Cohen asks judge for no brings on time. You mean he can do all the terrible unrelated to trump things having to do with fraud, big loans, taxes, et cetera, and not serve a long prison term . Trump went on to add, he lied for this outcome and should, in my opinion, serve a full and complete sentence. Well, last thursday cohen pleaded guilty to lying to the congress about a planned project for a trump tower in moscow. While trump was a candidate for president. In a memo filed friday night, attorneys for cohen tied cohens wrongdoing at the feet of President Trump himself, noting that, quote, in the weeks during which his then counsel prepared his written response to the congressional committees, michael remained in close and regular contact with white housebased staff and Legal Counsel to client one. Client one is President Trump. Anyway, the president s rage at cohen kicks off