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Soured on pruitt and doesn't appear to. ehe's carrying out the president's agenda, obviously. ambassador, beyond scott pruitt's -- beyond -- i'm sure your criticism of his environmental policy, do you think he can still serve as the head of the epa with all the other stuff? >> i think he's been fatally bounded by the ethics scandal, the $43,000 isolation booth that the gao has found violated law. the luxury lobbiest family condo for $50 a night. but you only had to pay for the nights he used it. the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent without need on luxury travel. first class travel, milit...

Against scott pruitt and the good will that he has built up from his aggressive epa policies is starting to wane as supporters become fed up with the headlines. republican support for embattled epa administrator scott pruitt is eroding, following a string of allegations of ethical lapses, everything from first-class flights to pricey security details on personal trips, to a soundproof phone booth and questionable staff pay raises. >> you can't just go around acting like a big shot. >> even pruitt's mentor, senator jim inhoff is concerned. >> there are a lot of serious allegations against him t...

Epa? >> that's right. started in may of twblt 2017 to a meeting in july of 2017. the argument that steve hart makes is that this meeting which was set up via e-mails from his own lobbying firm to pruitt's office and chief of staff, he said he did it on behalf of a friend and was not paid for this work. but his own lobbying work filed papers saying he was lobbying on behalf of smithfield foods which is a major client of the lucky firm's. >> chris, what do you any of that? >> this is just the latest issue. it is hard to keep track of all the ethical improprieties. it is everything from the trave...

Papers saying he was lobbying on behalf of smithfield foods which is a major client of the lucky firm's. >> chris, what do you any of that? >> this is just the latest issue. it is hard to keep track of all the ethical improprieties. it is everything from the travel spending, the furniture, the security details, the kickback from the lobbyists, the hiring practices, the pay raises. frankly, if there is an ethics impropriety, scott pruitt has probably already committed it. when i was working for president obama, and i worked for him for 11 years, if i had done even one of these things, i would h...

>> does it look like he's engaged in questionable behavior to you? >> i don't think you can get a room for $50 a night. >> republican senator lindsey graham on the ethics question scott pruitepa chief scott pruit is facing, but the president is doubling down on his support for pruitt, tweeting defense of his security spending and epa record and going on to say his rent was about market rate, travel expenses okay. let's bring in former dnc chairman howard dean, and republican strategist susan. front and center. that's all good. i love that. howard, how do you defend this if you're the president...