AP: Ethics Panel Green Lights Pruitt’s Senate Confirmation
Ethics officials clear Trump EPA nominee Scott Pruitt
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal ethics officials have cleared President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for the Environmental Protection Agency for confirmation.
The Office of Government Ethics on Monday released the personal financial disclosure report for Scott Pruitt, currently Oklahoma’s attorney general. The ethics office affirmed that Pruitt’s disclosures comply with applicable federal laws and rules.
No date has been set for Pruitt’s Senate confirmation hearing.
His finances are among the least complicated of Trump’s Cabinet nominees, who include several billionaires. In just four pages, Pruitt disclosed an investment portfolio valued between $420,000 and $1 million, held primarily in mutual funds, bonds and a state retirement plan.