Ewire: Pruitt's first-class flights stem from passenger 'profanities'

February 16, 2018
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's expensive travel bills tied to first-class flights appear to stem from encounters with passengers who used unparliamentary language. The agency's most detailed explanation to date about the travel kerfuffle comes in an interview a career EPA law enforcement officer gave to Politico , saying that in Pruitt's first few months in office, “he was approached in the airport numerous times, to the point of profanities being yelled at him and so forth.” The official, Henry...


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