Scott Pruitt’s longtime mentor all but joined the chorus of voices calling on the Environmental Protection Agency administrator to resign as an unrelenting series of public corruption accusations stretches into a three-month fiasco. Inhofe, an adamant supporter of Pruitt’s deregulatory agenda, represents his home state of Oklahoma, and the two were so close Pruitt was long said to be considering a run for the Inhofe’s Senate seat when the 83-year-old retires. “I see these things, they upset me as much as they upset you, and something needs to happen to change that,” Inhofe said. “I hate to say this, I’ve got so many good friends in common with him, but everything you say is true. The EPA did not respond to a request for comment.

Source: Huffington Post June 13, 2018 20:39 UTC