New lawsuit asks the court to order EPA to release records including waivers authorizing Pruitt and Perrotta to spend taxpayer funds on first class plane tickets, along with any communications between Perrotta and his business partner, Edwin Steinmetz, a private security consultant to whom Perrotta steered a $3,000 federal contract to "sweep" Pruitt's office for listening devices.

FOIA to shed light on concerns about Scott Pruitt’s travels and EPA officials’ involvement in authorizing unnecessarily expensive flights, asking for records related to EPA Security detail's travel.