Call for OSC Investigation of Pruitt Travel to Oklahoma

American Oversight Asks Office of Special Counsel to Investigate Whether EPA Administrator Pruitt Violated Federal Rules Against Taxpayer Funding of Personal and Political Travel

Washington, DC – Non-partisan ethics watchdog American Oversight today filed a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) requesting an investigation into a report that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has spent thousands of dollars of taxpayer money on frequent travel to his home state of Oklahoma – potentially for the purpose of laying the groundwork for a future political campaign.

“The Trump administration is seeking to cut EPA’s budget by 31%, putting Americans’ health and safety at risk. At the same time, Pruitt is spending scarce taxpayer dollars to fuel his personal ambition for higher office,” said American Oversight Executive Director Austin Evers. “This is another case of the Trump administration’s motto of ‘do as I say, not as I do.”

According to documents uncovered by the Environmental Integrity Project, Administrator Pruitt spent 43 out of his first 92 days in office either in Oklahoma, or travelling to and from the state at an estimated cost of at least $12,000 – not including expenses for Pruitt’s aides or his unusually large security detail.

The travel also coincided with political events, including a meeting of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council.  In 2015, the EPA’s Inspector General criticized a former EPA regional administrator for scheduling 50 out of 88 trips over a 27-month period to locations near his Orange County, California residence.

Evers continued, “How is it that 90% of Pruitt’s taxpayer funded travel has been to his home state?  The EPA’s jurisdiction extends to the entire nation, not just Oklahoma, and its assertion that all this travel was related to agency business is ludicrous.”

The Office of Special Counsel is an independent agency tasked with investigating and prosecuting a range of violations of federal workplace policies – including enforcing the Hatch Act and preventing the use of taxpayer money for political activities.

Read American Oversight’s letter to OSC below:



Letter to the Office of Special Counsel regarding Scott Pruitt’s Travel (Text)

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March 25, 2019

The Corruption Continues: Mueller Has Finished His Work. American Oversight Has Not.

January 28, 2019

Court Orders Trump Administration to Turn Over More Voter-Fraud Commission Records

White House
December 12, 2018

Audit the Wall: No Plans, Funding or Timeline — And No Wall

Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, DHS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection
April 17, 2018

Lawsuit Seeks Scott Pruitt and Nino Perrotta Travel and Security Spending Records

Environmental Protection Agency
April 6, 2018

New: EPA Documents Show Details of Pruitt Office Renovations

Environmental Protection Agency
March 16, 2018

Sunshine Week Blog: FOIAs Will Continue Until Accountability Improves

February 23, 2018

FCC Commissioner Calls for Trump’s Reelection, Violates Hatch Act

Federal Communications Commission
February 6, 2018

Voter Fraud Commission Asked Texas to Highlight Hispanic Surnames in Voter Data

White House
December 20, 2017

Update: EPA IG Refuses to Investigate Controversial Contract

Environmental Protection Agency
December 1, 2017

American Oversight and Environmental Working Group Seek Answers about Dourson’s Work at EPA

Environmental Protection Agency
November 16, 2017

American Oversight and EWG Seek Records of Industry Influence at Department of Energy

Department of Energy
November 16, 2017

Maine Secretary of State Dunlap Election Commission Lawsuit

October 5, 2017

Lawsuit Seeks Records of Lolita Zinke’s Travel, Role at Department of the Interior

Department of the Interior
October 3, 2017

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s Calendars Show Deep Industry Connections

Environmental Protection Agency
September 29, 2017

“Serious, Likely Irreparable” Damage from Border Wall

Department of the Interior
September 18, 2017

Austin Evers Discusses Trump Inaugural Funds on MSNBC

September 7, 2017

Investigating EPA’s Attacks on a Journalist

Environmental Protection Agency
September 2, 2017

DOJ Confirms Trump Lied in “Wiretap” Tweets

Department of Justice, DOJ - Federal Bureau of Investigation
August 30, 2017

Watchdog Groups Launch Joint Investigation into EPA Oversight of Toxic Substances Control Act

August 28, 2017

Statement on EPA IG Investigation of Pruitt Travel

Environmental Protection Agency
August 1, 2017

American Oversight Obtains Attorney General Sessions SF-86 Signature Page

Department of Justice
August 1, 2017

Statement on Waiver of Environmental Regulations for Border Wall

July 28, 2017

Watchdog Group Calls for Hatch Act Investigation of Gorka

White House
July 21, 2017

American Oversight Calls for Resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Department of Justice, DOJ - Federal Bureau of Investigation
July 13, 2017

DOJ Releases Redacted Page of Sessions’s SF-86 to American Oversight

Department of Justice, DOJ - Federal Bureau of Investigation
July 12, 2017

American Oversight Demands Release of Pence-Kobach Commission Records

Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, General Services Administration
June 27, 2017

American Oversight Sues EPA to Release Pruitt’s Calendars and Communications with Carl Icahn

Environmental Protection Agency
June 22, 2017

American Oversight and Environmental Working Group Challenge EPA Over Failure to Release Pesticide Records

Environmental Protection Agency
June 16, 2017

Watchdog Group Files Lawsuit for Trump Border Wall Records

Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Interior, DHS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, White House - Office of Management and Budget
May 24, 2017

After American Oversight Lawsuit, DOJ Confirms that Sessions Lied about Russian Contacts

Department of Justice, DOJ - Federal Bureau of Investigation
April 19, 2017

American Oversight Sues DOJ for Release of Trump Tower Wiretap Records, Russia Investigation Documents

Department of Justice, DOJ - Federal Bureau of Investigation, White House
April 12, 2017

American Oversight and Environmental Working Group Demand Release of Pruitt Communications with Pesticide Industry

Environmental Protection Agency
April 4, 2017

10 Questions about the Border Wall that Deserve Big, Beautiful Answers

Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Interior, DHS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection
March 28, 2017

Statement on Trump Administration Proposal to Build Border Wall South of Rio Grande

Department of the Interior
March 24, 2017

American Oversight Launches Investigation of President Trump’s Border Wall

Department of Homeland Security
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