EPA chief Scott Pruitt, under fire for riding in first class out of security concerns, has faced four times more threats to him and his family than the preceding agency administrator.
What’s more, the EPA has opened some 70 probes into threats against the administrator and the agency in the past year, nearly double under former Obama-era Administrator Gina McCarthy.
But in Washington the question has been are the threats enough to justify added security costs?
According to Assistant Inspector General for Investigations Patrick Sullivan, threats against Pruitt are up. He told E&E News, “He has had significantly more threats directed against him. There’s absolutely no question about it.