EPA administrator lied about private email use in Senate testimony

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https://thinkprogress.org/pruitt-lie-senate-epa-emails-3c750d5527ef#.5bdvcd15h

by Bryce Covert at Think Progress

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An investigation by Fox 25 in Oklahoma has confirmed that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt used a private email account to conduct official business while he was the state’s attorney general, directly contradicting what he told the Senate during his confirmation hearing.

During his hearing, Pruitt was asked by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), “Have you ever conducted business using your personal email accounts, nonofficial Oklahoma Attorney General email accounts, text messages, instant messenger, voicemails, or any other medium?”

Pruitt responded, “I use only my official OAG [Office of the Attorney General] email address and government issued phone to conduct official business.”

But the Oklahoma attorney general’s office confirmed to Fox 25 that Pruitt used private email for state business after an Open Records Request revealed documents where certain email addresses for Pruitt, not his official government account, were blacked out on official correspondence.


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[ProudLib72]

1. Remove him immediately n/t

[pkdu]

2. Booker needs to get up on Senate floor Monday and demand his resignation. nt

[Panich52]

3. Are they under oath during confirmation?

If not, Roberts & Pruitt prove they should be