part, within the agency, scott has done an outstanding job and i will always be thankful to him for this. speaking aboard air force one yesterday, he said that the allegations against his former epa chief, but rather he accepted his resignation because pruitt believed they had become a distraction, adding there had been no final straw. pruitt was the subject of 15 ongoing federal investigations by the epa's internal watchdog as well as the government accountability office and the house of representatives and the white house according to an account by nbc news. one additional probe by the government accountable office concluded he broke the law by installing the $45,000 phone booth in his office. other investigations or audits focus on a $40,000 trip to morocco, pruitt's meetings with industry groups and his use of security detail during personal trips to the rose bowl and disneyland. now, in his resignation letter