EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Scott Pruitt’s brief, tumultuous tenure as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency has left him disgraced in the eyes of many in Washington and across the country. But it may not have done him much harm in his home state. Though a comeback for Mr. Pruitt is far from assured, some liberals and conservatives in Oklahoma agree he could engineer one in this oil- and gas-dependent state where he used to be attorney general. His hard-line anti-regulatory message remains popular here, and many of his supporters consider the spreading plume of scandal from his time at the E.P.A. the product of unfair liberal persecution..It is not clear whether Mr. Pruitt, 50, and his family will return to Tulsa, where he attended law school, practiced law and owns a home in a neighborhood south of downtown that has large residences and wide green lawns. A lawyer for Mr. Pruitt did not respond to questions on Sunday. If he does return, he would probably need to find a job. He would also likely find many people who have cheered the leading role he took in the Trump administration’s effort to drastically roll back environmental rules that affect the oil and gas industry.”
–Richard Fausset, “Scott Pruitt, Fallen E.P.A. Chief, May Rise Again in Oklahoma,” The New York Times online, July 8, 2018