Scott Pruitt was seduced by the perks of power

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Scott Pruitt doesn’t look like a big partier. He got wild anyway, and quick.

A year-and-a-half ago, no one guessed that the mild mannered Oklahoma attorney general would be the one to get blackout drunk on petty power. But on Thursday, President Trump announced Pruitt’s resignation.

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