



On Twitter, people were disgusted by the new revelations about Pruitt. Trump administration Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt endangered public safety by ordering federal security officers to drive sometimes dangerous speeds if he was. of the Safe Drinking Water Act to autonomously give raises to his two. Edward Scott Pruitt (born May 9, 1968) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and Republican. The allegations in the report come on the heels of a raft of scandals that plagued Pruitt's tenure as head of the EPA and misappropriations of federal money on private jets and the construction of a sound-proof booth in his home that ultimately led to his resignation in 2018. For the race car driver, see Scott Pruett. One aide put a finer point on it, describing Pruitt as "overly obnoxious, excessive and more dangerous to everyone" because of his constant demands to use sirens and lights to get through traffic.Īnother said the requests got so out of hand that the agents went so far as to tell each other to disable the sirens and lights in the cars, "because the administrator will still instruct they be used, but the agent can say they don’t work." Security agents reported him routinely telling them to "speed it up" and that "we need to get there quicker." Pruitt endangered public safety by routinely directing his personal security detail to use emergency lights and sirens and 'excessive speed' in non-emergency situations,' special counsel. Pruitt's way of speaking to his agents is also detailed in the report, and it paints a picture of Pruitt as an unpleasant person to work for.
