Pruitt Planned Foreign Trips with Help from Lobbyists

Federal documents obtained by the Washington Post “reveal that it fit a pattern” by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt “of planning foreign travel with significant help from outside interests, including lobbyists, Republican donors and conservative activists.”

“After taking office last year, Pruitt drew up a list of at least a dozen countries he hoped to visit and urged aides to help him find official reasons to travel, according to four people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal agency deliberations. Pruitt then enlisted well-connected friends and political allies to help make the trips happen.”