CBS News: EPA Chief Lived in DC Condo Connected to Energy Lobbyist
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency paid just $50 a night to stay in a Capitol Hill condominium linked to a prominent Washington lobbyist whose firm represents a roster of fossil fuel companies.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt paid for a single bedroom in the building on a leafy street about a block from the U.S. Capitol, staying for about six months in 2017 during nights he was in Washington. Records show three units inside the building are listed as belonging to a corporation co-owned by the wife of J. Steven Hart, the chairman and CEO of the powerhouse lobbying firm Williams and Jensen PLLC.
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But former director of the Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub, who has strongly criticized spending among President Trump's Cabinet officials, said he isn't so sure renting a property from a lobbyist would constitute a gift.