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Watchdog requests probe into relationship between top EPA aide and man investigating him
Source: The Hill
Watchdog requests probe into relationship between top EPA aide and man investigating him
BY MIRANDA GREEN - 04/13/18 04:58 PM EDT
A government watchdog group is requesting an investigation into reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assistant inspector general (IG) is friendly with a man at the center of an IG investigation.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) wrote a letter to the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (IGIE) integrity committee Friday asking them to look into the reports of the close relationship.
CREW expressed the fear that the relationship could taint the current investigation into Administrator Scott Pruitt's head of security Pasquale “Nino” Perrotta.
The New York Times first reported Thursday that Perrotta was being investigated and that he had been spotted sharing beers with EPA's assistant IG, Patrick Sullivan.
Both Sullivan and Perrotta had served with the Secret Service prior to coming to the EPA and Perrotta had previously worked in the IG's office before moving to security for former President George W. Bush.
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BY MIRANDA GREEN - 04/13/18 04:58 PM EDT
A government watchdog group is requesting an investigation into reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assistant inspector general (IG) is friendly with a man at the center of an IG investigation.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) wrote a letter to the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (IGIE) integrity committee Friday asking them to look into the reports of the close relationship.
CREW expressed the fear that the relationship could taint the current investigation into Administrator Scott Pruitt's head of security Pasquale “Nino” Perrotta.
The New York Times first reported Thursday that Perrotta was being investigated and that he had been spotted sharing beers with EPA's assistant IG, Patrick Sullivan.
Both Sullivan and Perrotta had served with the Secret Service prior to coming to the EPA and Perrotta had previously worked in the IG's office before moving to security for former President George W. Bush.
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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/383097-watchdog-seeks-investigation-into-relationship-between-epa
