this as criticism grows due to the spending habits on the taxpayer s dime. take a listen. scott pruitt is doing a great job within the walls of the epa. we re setting records. outside he s being attacked viciously by the press. i m not saying he s blameless, but we ll see what happens. cnn correspondent sara ganim joins us with more details. the list keeps growing and growing, sara. we have been talking about how scott pruitt is under fire for using his staff for personal errands. latest allegations from the washington post, he called on his security staff to pick up his dry cleaning and search for a type of lotion found at ritz-carlton hotels. this is shocking and people are talking about it, because pruitt s security detail is unprecedented. it cost taxpayers $3.5 million last year for around the clock security, that he claims he needs because of death threats. now, the need has been called into question by members of
i know you re on the news side and not editorial, but go ahead and sum up what you ve witnessed. i think there is undeniably a pattern here of abuse of power, of pruitt use yoouzing his office for his own personal gain. at this point, i think all of us have lost track of all the different scandals involving him from using a staffer to run personal errands, including the mattress episode. using his position to try to help his wife secure a business. having a deal with a lobbyist s wife in which he pays $50 a night to rent an apartment in washington, d.c., which despite the white house s claim is way below market rent. to spending taxpayer money to build himself a soundproof booth in his office. the list of allegations just goes on and on and on as you mentioned. there are more than a dozen investigations ongoing right now into his conduct. and what s so encredible number
our love for chick-fil-a. back for our political discussion we re joined by joe colvin and david jolly, former congressman from the great state of florida. jill, sadly you get to go first. what does this behavior seem like to you? i know you re on the news side and not editorial, but go ahead and sum up what you ve witnessed. i think there is undeniably a pattern here of abuse of power, of pruitt use using his office for his own personal gain. at this point, i think all of us have lost track of all the different scandals involving him from using a staffer to run personal errands, including the mattress episode. using his position to try to help his wife secure a business. having a deal with a lobbyist s wife in which he pays $50 a night to rent an apartment in washington, d.c., which despite the white house s claim is way below market rent. to spending taxpayer money to build himself a soundproof booth in his office. the list of allegations just goes on and on and on as you mentioned
like to you? i know you re on the news side and not editorial, but go ahead and sum up what you ve witnessed. i think there is undeniably a pattern here of abuse of power, of pruitt use yoouzing his office for his own personal gain. at this point, i think all of us have lost track of all the different scandals involving him from using a staffer to run personal errands, including the mattress episode. using his position to try to help his wife secure a business. having a deal with a lobbyist s wife in which he pays $50 a night to rent an apartment in washington, d.c., which despite the white house s claim is way below market rent. to spending taxpayer money to build himself a soundproof booth in his office. the list of allegations just goes on and on and on as you mentioned. there are more than a dozen investigations ongoing right now into his conduct. and what s so encredible number one, the way that you saw right there, the way that pruitt is responding to this. there s no sense of
secretary of state rex tillerson has been dismissed, v.a. secretary david shulkin who has not been able to move past accusations that he has been misusing taxpayer money or department staffers for things like family trips to europe or personal errands. and white house sources have indicated to fox news that energy secretary rick perry has been mentioned as a possibility as a replacement for shulkin at the v.a. although the president and perry had lunch two days ago and there was apparently never a job offer or gauge of interest. someone else who cannot shake swirling rumors about a west wing exit the national security advisor h.r. mcmaster back a few weeks ago when the chief economic advisor gary cohn resigned the white house which generally doesn t go too in-depth with personnel matters pushed back against reports that mac master was next out the door. told reporters at the time that mcmaster would not be leaving this month or next month. kelly said mcmaster still had the president s