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Pruitt’s Spending on Security More Than Doubled in 11 Months, EPA Investigator Says

FILE — Scott Pruitt, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency chief, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 16, 2018. The cost of the security services to protect Pruitt more than doubled in his first 11 months on the job and the EPA failed to justify his requests for protection, its own inspector general reported. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)