Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt is reportedly devastated after he was forced to resign.
Pruitt was reportedly taken aback after White House chief of staff John Kelly told him it was time to leave
The latest report contradicts President Donald Trump’s assertion that the decision “was very much up to” Pruitt.
White House officials had been urging Trump for months to fire Pruitt, after a wave of scandals threatened to embarrass the administration even further.
Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt is reportedly devastated after he was forced to resign, contradicting President Donald Trump’s account that the decision “was very much up to” Pruitt.
The former EPA head reluctantly resigned on Thursday after White House chief of staff John Kelly informed him it was time to leave, two people familiar with the situation told Bloomberg.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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