Article 3Y3GY Scott Pruitt wasted millions at EPA on security detail, report says

Scott Pruitt wasted millions at EPA on security detail, report says

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Emily Holden
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Internal watchdog found the agency has no approved procedures to determine how much security the administrator needed

The millions of dollars spent on a round-the-clock security detail for the scandal-laden former head of the US Environmental Protection Agency were not justified, according to the findings of an internal watchdog.

Scott Pruitt's transition team asked for a 24/7 security team for him when he was appointed as head of the EPA by Donald Trump, even pulling agents from criminal investigations to guard him, in a move that dramatically escalated the cost for the taxpayer and broke with the protocol followed by his predecessors.

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