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Says he spent on 20-member detail, the security detail is three times pruetts predecessors. and some are calling for him to decline. and one said that its embarrassing to the trump administration and conduct is grossly disrespectful to the american taxpayers. its time for him to resign or for the president to dismiss him. former white house chief of staff reince priebus says that pruetts staying power seems to be a mix of what hes been able to achieve and support he has among president trumps ba...

Expense for his trips that hes taken so far. but if you look at his two predecessors, they spent more money on travel. theres a double standard thats being employed with scott pruitt, in part i think because of what hes doing with -- >> arthel: the associated press found the epa spent millions of dollars in a full-time security detail, three times the size of his predecessors security contingent. >> i like that they tried to figure out if the arrests had been made for the threats. i think thats ...

Full-time security detail for pruitt. security detail according to the ap is three times the size of his predecessors. this as far as i can tell, no one has been arrested or charged with threatening pruitt. security is far from a controversy surrounding the administrator. he is under fire for spending on travel. often flying first class on the taxpayers dime. bonuses for two of his closest aides that previously worked with him in oklahoma before all of them headed to washington d.c.. pruitt clai...

Of any of his predecessors part-time security contingent. what is the the republican perspective here? are they looking past this controversy as long as he is advancing the presidents agenda? >> look, this is -- scott pruitt to me is a double-edged sword. i think obama administration had a lot of he overreach and pruitt has been rolling that back. on the other hand, he has become a political target because all of these negative optics, renting an apartment from a lobbyist tells people that he ma...

Little bit about the trip to morocco scott pruit took in december. it was amazing for lots of reasons. he took seven staffers with him on the trip including one of the oklahoma staffers he gave the giant raise to and hes denying he had anything to do with giving her a raise but including her, he brought seven staffers and his security detail. the associated press reports a little while ago tonight within the past couple hours pruits security detail was, we now know a multi million dollar affair ...

Francis is is in a strange position as a would-be liberalizing pope. i think its pretty clear who wants to generally open up catholic debates about a whole range of doctrines up to and including the very existence of hell, which he was quoted in a sort of hard to tell whether it was real interviewing question just before easter. and he wants a truce with the sexual revolution around all of these issues, divorce, remarriage, same-sex marriage, and so on that have been so fraught for the churchs r...

There was a proposal and dent come to pass. they didnt have a charter jet service. there was a proposal and didnt come to pass. his travel patterns are not different from any anybody in the obama administration. he is operating on travel the same way his predecessors did. >> he worked for the obama administration, let him respond. >> i hope lisa jackson is not listening to this. i hope she is some place doing something because her head just blew off her shoulders if you said she was spending mil...

The corruption, taking money, taking advantage. wanting special privilege. that should be the opposite of a conservative point of view. what kind of a nanny state are you in favor of now because you have the trump administration up there in washington, d.c.? >> look, i think that that scott pruitt had some judgement issues on a few things. i also think some of the things hes been accused of are not true but regurgitated as though they are. he didnt buy expensive desks. there was a proposal and d...

Dont even hit the gray areas, just stay away. >> sandra: interesting. thats not the only thing he is in hot water over. high travel expenses as well and raises to a couple of staff members. >> the travel expenses i understand. i see conflicting information are not out of line with his predecessors. that has to be run to ground. ive seen some reports say it was excessive and others say it was in line. >> sandra: senator rand paul said we need him as the epa administrator. the president has a big ...

Diem. one of the questions is, is he receiving the per diem on friday when hes staying home. that is something weve sought to examine and will continue to examine. that is a relevant question. the tripses are definitely related. hes doing meetings that are related to epa business but typically, many of his predecessors and other similar cabinet positions did not seek either reimbursement for their flights or certainly for staying in their homes. >> right. just to be clear, hes staying his home i...