Name:   Casey - Subject:   Wonder why Trump is defending Pruitt Date:   4/19/2018 3:26:45 PM

Pruitt serves as a vivid example of "the swamp" that Trump promised to drain. Pruitt has squandered taxpayer money that is off the charts. He demoted or reassigned several EPA officials who dared question his exorbitant spending, which includes $3 million on a security detail, more than $100,000 for first-class air travel, and $43,000 for his soundproff phone booth. He insists his motorcade use flashing lights, even when he goes to his favorite French restaurant. And there's the well-below-market-rate room from an energy lobbyist couple. And the massive raises to two aides. Yet Trump actually praised him for doing "a fantastic" job. What an arrogant swamp-dweller.