EPA's Pruitt faces senators' questions on spending, security
WASHINGTON (AP) — Embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt said he doesn't remember asking his security detail to use lights and sirens to speed his government-owned SUV through Washington traffic, even as Democratic senators disclosed an internal email saying he did.
The email, written by then-EPA special agent Pasquale "Nino" Perrotta just days after Pruitt's confirmation in February 2017, has the subject line "Lights and Sirens" and added "Btw - Administrator encourages the use."
Pruitt later promoted Perrotta to lead his personal protective detail.