it is not looking good for scott pruitt. the time has epa administrator has been swamped with ethics issues. in a new report out monday the government accountability office, a congressional watchdog agency said the e.p.a. broke the law when it installed a $43,000 phone booth in pruitt s office and didn t tell congress. that puts a $5,000 cap on how much political appointees can spend on office items without telling congress first. in a separate report, the e.p.a. s inspector general had documents showing pruitt approved raises. let s look at the ethics issues. there s the $43,000 phone booth which the epa argued was necessary to discuss sensitive information. reportedly other secure facilities at the epa for that very purpose. then there s pruitt s living situation and his sweet deal to
give two top aides significant pay raises after the white house rejected the request for their salary hikes. the loophole pruitt used was in the safe drinking water provision. he reportedly reassigned both employees on paper to make them eligible. we heard from people saying people are going after him because of policy. not talking policy. i want to go through a few, just a few potential conflicts of interest and ethics violations. that is in a totally separate bucket. to begin, pruitt is currently under investigation by the government accountability office for spending almost $43,000 on a soundproof phone booth inside of his office. next, there s the issue of pruitt s travel. the administrator spent $160,000 on first class flights, military aircrafts and charter flights in his first year in office alone. then, we ve got pruitt s living