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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrade Sheet Says Pruitt Revelations Were Fall Out From Rob Porter Abuse Scandal
InsideEPA, an EPA trade sheet, reports that Scott Pruitts downfall is the work of disgraced former White House aide Rob Porter, who leaked damaging information about Pruitt to retaliate against a former girlfriend who told White House officials about Porters history of domestic violence.
As was basically reported at the time, Porters downfall seems to have started when a former girlfriend, Samantha Dravis, went to White House officials and told them what she knew about Porters past, particularly his abuse of two ex-wives. Dravis was a top aide to Scott Pruitt, the EPA Administrator.
It was never explicitly clear whether Porter had also abused Dravis. But she seems to have been a key reason why his past came to light. InsideEPA is reporting that in retaliation, Porter started leaking information about her boss, Pruitt. From the article: Rob Porter, a top former aide to President Donald Trump who was fired earlier this year over domestic abuse allegations, is reportedly a source of information about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitts ethical transgressions that are threatening his future at the agency, after Porters relationship with a top former Pruitt aide soured, sources say.
Draviss resignation was announced earlier today.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trade-sheet-says-pruitts-fall-out-from-rob-porter-abuse-scandal
As was basically reported at the time, Porters downfall seems to have started when a former girlfriend, Samantha Dravis, went to White House officials and told them what she knew about Porters past, particularly his abuse of two ex-wives. Dravis was a top aide to Scott Pruitt, the EPA Administrator.
It was never explicitly clear whether Porter had also abused Dravis. But she seems to have been a key reason why his past came to light. InsideEPA is reporting that in retaliation, Porter started leaking information about her boss, Pruitt. From the article: Rob Porter, a top former aide to President Donald Trump who was fired earlier this year over domestic abuse allegations, is reportedly a source of information about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitts ethical transgressions that are threatening his future at the agency, after Porters relationship with a top former Pruitt aide soured, sources say.
Draviss resignation was announced earlier today.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trade-sheet-says-pruitts-fall-out-from-rob-porter-abuse-scandal
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Trade Sheet Says Pruitt Revelations Were Fall Out From Rob Porter Abuse Scandal (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2018
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. KGOP republican family values suck cesspool scum
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)2. What a snake pit.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)3. 8 Years without this crap
Does anyone notice that for 8 years we didn't have this kind cheap crap drama? Like 'em er not, Obama had one of the smoothest running, scandal free administrations in decades.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,355 posts)5. Decency and honour come from the top in an administration (nt)
brush
(53,840 posts)4. What a cuddly pit of vipers there.
wishstar
(5,271 posts)6. Glad she exposed Porter, but she is pro-Pruitt, rabidly pro-Koch anti-environment Republican
They make a good pair undermining each other. Glad the wife-beater Porter is gone from WH and that he retaliated against her by exposing Pruitt's conflicts of interest and lack of ethics. Win-Win all the way around.