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Pruitt steps down
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt stepped down as director of the EPA Thursday, a few days after a woman who ran into Pruitt at a restaurant told him he should do just that.
Pruitt cited unprecedented personal attacks on himself and his family in his resignation letter. Pruitt is the subject of more than a dozen probes into ethics violations during his short term as head of the EPA.
The Oklahoman's Justin Wingerter broke down his departure:
Scott Pruitt, the former Oklahoma attorney general who parlayed an anti-Environmental Protection Agency crusade into an appointment as EPA administrator, resigned from that role Thursday under the weight of more than a dozen investigations into his spending and management.
President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he had accepted the resignation of Pruitt on Thursday afternoon, saying Pruitt "has done an outstanding job." He will leave office Friday and be replaced by deputy administrator Andy Wheeler.
In his resignation letter to the president, Pruitt called himself Trump's "faithful friend" and said they have achieved "improved environmental outcomes" and "historical regulatory reform" together but acknowledged the burden of the controversies surrounding him.
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Matt Patterson has been with The Oklahoman since 2006. Prior to joining the news staff in 2010, Patterson worked in The Oklahoman's sports department for five years. He previously worked at The Lawton Constitution and The Edmond Sun.... Read more ›