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Scott Pruitt: EPA press aide did not try to trash Ryan Zinke

By Josh Siegel

Published May 16, 2018 4:41pm ET

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Wednesday denied reports that one of his press aides shopped negative stories about Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

“That was not happening,” Pruitt said in testimony before the Senate Appropriations Interior-Environment Subcommittee. “We have investigated that and spoken to Interior [about it].”

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