Democratic group asks GAO to investigate Pruitt's anti-Paris comments

The American Democracy Legal Fund is asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate whether EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's comments strongly opposing the United Nations Paris Agreement, which helped to persuade President Donald Trump to announce his plan to leave the deal, broke the law. The group says Pruitt violated the Antideficiency Act, which bars federal agencies from spending federal money before it has been appropriated by Congress, according to the Washington Post . In addition, the law prohibits...