EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it approved a $43,000 soundproof phone booth last year for the office of embattled Administrator Scott Pruitt, a congressional watchdog unit said on Monday [4-16-18]. The Government Accountability Office said the EPA violated the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, which prohibits an agency from obligating more than $5,000 in federal funds to furnish, redecorate or make improvements in the office of a presidential appointee without first notifying appropriations committees in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The EPA also violated the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits federal agencies from incurring expenses in excess of funds available in appropriations, the GAO said.”
–Timothy Gardner, “$43,000 soundproof booth for EPA chief Pruitt violated law: U.S. GAO,” Reuters, April 16, 2018, 8:54 am