Democrats on the House Oversight Committee want to subpoena the EPA for documents they believe will show Administrator Scott Pruitt misused employees for personal errands, including the purchase of an old mattress from Washington D.C.’s Trump Hotel.
The request is based on a recent interview Democrats conducted on Pruitt’s actions with Millan Hupp, the EPA director of scheduling and advance. Hupp told the Democrats “new details about additional personal tasks she completed on his behalf,” Democrats said in a letter to Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., who has the authority to issue subpoenas.
Hupp told the Democrats she used his credit card to book personal flights and to obtain an old mattress from the Trump Hotel’s managing director.
“If Ms. Hupp’s statements to the Committee are accurate, Administrator Pruitt crossed a very clear line and must be held accountable,” Oversight ranking member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., wrote.
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The recent interviews with former EPA employees revealed they booked flights for Pruitt for non-work purposes, including a trip to the Rose Bowl, and helped him find a place to live in Washington D.C.
