Pruitt . The tonight democrats and republicans calling for pruitt to be fired. Theres a change coming. Theres a change coming. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. One of the most infamous members of Donald Trumps cabinet, the one living in a lobbyists house in washington, d. C. , epa head scott pruitt now appears to be hanging on to his job by his finger nails after a swirl of negative stories increasing the perception the Trump Administration as a whole is an ethical mess. According to politico, the white house has been actively considering firing pruitt behind the scenes possibly following the release of an inspector generals investigation noose pruitts lavish travel which weve covered here but which for the record is not even the scandal of the moment. Because this morning, the white house claimed that pruitt is still in the president s good graces. An Administration Official telling the news trump called pruitt to keep fighting and that the adm
Our president. We need to arrest hillary. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. While the president ial families gathered over the weekend to mourn the death of former first lady barbara bush, the current occupant of the white house was golfing, rage tweeting, and attempting it appears to influence the testimony of a potential witness against him. First Lady Melania Trump attended the funeral on saturday, posing for a photo with the obamas, the clintons and two generations of bushes. But her husband stayed behind at his estate in florida where he had plenty of time to catch up on twitter and cable news, two of his favorites, and where he somehow seems to have come across this story published friday on his allegedly abusive treatment of longtime aide Michael Cohen. Since cohen was raided by the fbi a couple of weeks ago, according to the times, trumps lawyers and advisers now fear cohen could turn on the president. The president responded the New York
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. One of the most infamous members of Donald Trumps cabinet, the one living in a lobbyists house in washington, d. C. , epa head scott pruitt now appears to be hanging on to his job by his finger nails after a swirl of negative stories increasing the perception the Trump Administration as a whole is an ethical mess. According to politico, the white house has been actively considering firing pruitt behind the scenes possibly following the release of an inspector generals investigation noose pruitts lavish travel which weve covered here but which for the record is not even the scandal of the moment. Because this morning, the white house claimed that pruitt is still in the president s good graces. An Administration Official telling the news trump called pruitt to keep fighting and that the administration has his back. Of course, a supportive call from trump isnt worth much. Last week trump called now fired va head David Shulkin for a friendly chat
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The Texas Republican served in Congress from 2005 to 2021 and chaired the Agriculture Committee from 2015 to 2019. He announced his retirement in July 2019.