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More than four months after Scott Pruitt resigned from the Environmental Protection Agency in disgrace, the public is finally receiving details about the special interest money spent to confirm him as the agency’s administrator. Protecting America Now, a Washington, D.C.-based dark money nonprofit created to support Pruitt’s confirmation, filed its first tax return last week … Continue reading "Almost Two Years After Pruitt Nomination, Tax Return Reveals Extent of Dark Money Support"
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Scott Pruitt Meetings and Contributions
Since March 2017, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt has met with at least 39 organizations that donated $286,000 to his Oklahoma campaigns or affiliated political committees.
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