Scott Pruitt and His Fancy Lotions
Former Environmental Protection Agency chief and big coal fanboy Scott Pruitt served barely a year and a half in the Trump administration, but his time there was marked by outrageous moves that ripped apart the government’s ability to protect the environment and handed polluters dozens of primo free passes. The end of his tenure featured some of the most unforgettably bizarre political scandals in a presidency that featured some notably weird shit, including a few particularly… gross? Anecdotes from aides recounting how Pruitt tasked them with getting him a used mattress from the Trump International Hotel and a specific lotion from the Ritz Carlton. And who could forget Pruitt making his protection team turn on the flashing lights to get around Washington, DC.
These weren’t legal crimes, but they’re spiritually in the criminal camp. And they would be amazing dark comedic fodder. Think 2018’s Vice, but this time about how the head of the EPA required his own soundproof panic room.
