Ex-EPA chief Scott Pruitt used personal email for government work

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Ex-EPA chief Scott Pruitt used personal email for government work

Records reveal controversy-prone Pruitt networked and arranged friendly media interviews on personal account

Emily Holden in Washington
Sat 8 Dec 2018 11.00 GMT

Donald Trump’s first Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator repeatedly violated agency policy to use personal email for government business, according to newly released public records.

Scott Pruitt – who left the administration this summer after months of controversy over his spending, travel and ties with industry – used his private email account for work over a period of months, according to records recently made available to the Sierra Club.

Someone forwarded the emails to Pruitt’s government account on the day he resigned. EPA policy requires employees to do so within 20 days of any correspondence via personal accounts.

Using personal rather than government email shields messages from public records requests and can put sensitive information at risk. Trump repeatedly criticized Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign for using a private email account and server while she was secretary of state.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/08/epa-chief-scott-pruitt-personal-emails

[BigmanPigman]

1. This must be one of the most copout administrations ever.

Every one of them was and is continuing to rip off as much as they can.

[bluedigger]

2. I'm shocked to discover Pruitt did government work.