EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid Scandals

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🗓️ 5 July 2018

⏱️ 15 minutes

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President Trump tweeted this afternoon that he accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt was one of the more controversial of Trump's Cabinet-level picks and had been battling various scandals for months. This episode: Congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Scott Horsley and national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Juliana and I'm currently sitting poolside to celebrate the 4th of July and my 23rd
0:06.3	birthday in my hometown of Altoona, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of Sheets.
0:11.4	This podcast was recorded at 425 Eastern on Thursday, July 5th.
0:17.2	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:19.4	Alright, here's the show and happy birthday, America!
0:22.9	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:28.3	Scott Pruitt, the most embattled member of the Trump Administration, has resigned.
0:34.1	We're here to explain why.
0:35.1	I'm Scott Detreau, I cover Congress.
0:36.8	I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.
0:39.8	And I'm Scott Horsley, White House correspondent.
0:41.2	It's a bad day for Scott's.
0:43.9	So let's rewind for a second.
0:45.7	Here we are back on this surprise weekday after the 4th of July.
0:50.8	All the sudden, as often happens, the whole newsroom is yelling because President Trump
0:55.4	has tweeted breaking news.
0:57.6	Mara, can you do the honor of reading the tweet today?
1:00.4	Donald Trump tweeted today, I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the administrator
1:07.3	of the Environmental Protection Agency.
1:10.0	Within the agency, Scott has done an outstanding job and I will always be thankful to him for
1:15.0	this.
1:16.0	And he went on to say that the deputy Andrew Wheeler is going to take over for him on an acting
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