EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [4-5-18] he has confidence in Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, even as the White House investigates whether a condo rental by Pruitt was ethical… Pruitt is facing a White House probe for renting a room in a high-end Washington neighborhood for $50 a night in a town house co-owned by the wife of energy industry lobbyist Steven Hart. Hart lobbies for companies regulated by the EPA… In late March, the EPA’s ethics office cleared Pruitt of accepting an illegal gift from a lobbyist with the condo lease, saying a number of other rooms nearby are available for rent for a similar or lower price. But the office issued a memo, dated April 4 and seen by Reuters, that the earlier review did not consider whether Pruitt had violated other ethics rules with the lease.”
–Jeff Mason, “Trump has confidence in Pruitt as White House probes his ethics,” Reuters, April 5, 2018 7:40 am