Developing: President Trump, via Twitter Thursday, announced the resignation of embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt:
“I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this. The Senate confirmed Deputy at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, will…..on Monday assume duties as the acting Administrator of the EPA. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright!”
Pruitt has been the focus of numerous alleged ethics scandals in recent weeks. There are reportedly more than a dozen federal investigations into his actions currently underway.
