Conservative commentator and weekend MSNBC host Hugh Hewitt is a staunch defender of Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt.

Orange County, Calif., attorney Hugh Hewitt brokered a meeting in September 2017 between his law firm, which was representing the Orange County Water District, and Pruitt. The purpose of the meeting was to fast-track an EPA cleanup job in the outer Los Angeles suburb, according to emails obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request by the Sierra Club, Politico reported.