Scandal son Scott Pruitt ’s land tenure as Environmental Protection Agency administrator maynow be long over , but the $ 43,000 paranoia chamber he hadillegally installedin his office has n’t find out the light of day until now .
E&E Newshas obtainedthe first publicly release picture of the dependable phone booth Pruitt had installed in the EPA administrator ’s authority in 2017 via a Freedom of Information Act request . The kiosk was one of the many shipway Pruitt step his perspective to obtainbizarre personal perkswhen he was n’t eviscerating environmental regulations — such as a 24/7 security department item to deal protesters , a sweetheart condo pile , $ 120,000 in oppositeness enquiry against his critics , secret work email accounts , a bulletproof desk , and luxury travel and amenities such as 5 - star dinner party in Rome with a mood variety - denying Catholic cardinal who also happen to be analleged pedophile .
agree to E&E News , the EPA deny their petition to release epitome of the soundproof room for the last three years , saying doing so might be “ an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy ” and “ could middling be expected to endanger the life history or strong-arm safety of an individual . ” Now the agency has conceded , sending E&E an image named “ 2018-09-04_TheBooth_08.jpg ” ( bespeak it was in all likelihood taken after Pruitt ’s land tenure as decision maker ) , which depicts the way where Pruitt panicked over eavesdropping from what is likely his private fiend shitter .
The two rooms where Pruitt spewed bullshit from his ass and mouth.Photo: EPA via E&E News (Fair Use)
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Government Accountability Office investigatorsdeterminedPruitt broke the law by outmatch a$5,000 capon office improvement without notifying Congress , as well as by violating the Antideficiency Act . ( The EPA hasdeclined to filea take written report on the violation to the GAO , the chairman , and Congress , despitethreats from Democratsto withhold some funding . ) Pruitt ab initio claim that the booth was a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility , which governance officials utilise to talk about sensitive or classified information , but conceded to Congress in 2018 that it did n’t contact SCIF standards .
The EPA already had a SCIF , but it was on the other storey , and thus on the face of it not unaired enough to the toilette for Pruitt ’s special need . Nonetheless , he only placed one outbound call from the kiosk , platter hold by theWashington Post showed :
He locate only one telephone set call to the White House , new exhaust record from the representation show . It live on five minutes … The newfangled document do not show how many incoming calls Pruitt take in in the soundproof booth , which he installed last year . In April , Pruitt testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee thathe used the stall meagerly .
“ It ’s for confidential communications , and it ’s rare , ” he tell Rep. Diana DeGette ( D - Colo. ) .
Andrew Wheeler , Pruitt ’s equally pollution - loving butever - so - slightlymore - prudent heir , say in 2018 he hadnever used the John Wilkes Booth . No parole on the lavatory , though .
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