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Embattled epa chief scott pruitt said he was unaware of the initial white house directions. he was asked about this moments ago. >> why did you go around the president and white house and give pay raises to two staffers is this. >> i did not. my staff did. i found out about that yesterday and changed it. ppo process should have been respected and i issued a statement yesterday walking back those pay raises. >> so should someone be fired for that? >> that should not have been done. >> who did it?...

House. in a fox news interview, pruitt denied any knowledge of the raises or who approved them. >> so who did it? there would be accountability. >> career or political person? >> i dont know. >> you dont know? you dont know anything. you dont know who did it. >> pruitt admitted today he gave his chief of staff the authority to grant pay increases and knew the two staffers wanted raises. however, pruitt says he didnt note details. >> one of the aids who received a substantial raise stated you wer...