Democrats mischaracterized emails between top Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials to claim Administrator Scott Pruitt potentially misused taxpayer dollars by trying to create a new agency office in his hometown.
Democrats sent letters to EPA and the General Services Administration (GSA), demanding documents regarding apparent efforts to create a new EPA office in Pruitt's hometown.
Democrats were also concerned EPA officials requested potential office space have "a conference room, secure parking space, and a Secure Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF)." Democrats cited the recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision that EPA's $43,000 secure phone booth violated federal law.
Read the entire email chain between Jackson and other officials here.