{"id":1396229,"date":"2022-03-23T12:15:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T16:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1396229"},"modified":"2022-03-23T12:15:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T16:15:42","slug":"the-media-ran-trumps-epa-chief-out-of-dc-now-hes-plotting-his-return-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-ran-trumps-epa-chief-out-of-dc-now-hes-plotting-his-return-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The Media Ran Trump\u2019s EPA Chief Out Of DC. Now He\u2019s Plotting His Return: REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-media-ran-trumps-epa-chief-out-of-dc-now-hes-plotting-his-return-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1396229&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt has contacted two billionaires, signaling a potential run for Senate, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Pruitt, the first EPA administrator former President Donald Trump appointed, phoned Harold Hamm and coal baron Joseph Craft III in recent days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/23\/scott-pruitt-called-two-fossil-fuel-billionaires-while-weighing-senate-run-sources-say\/\">according<\/a> to the Post, who cited sources familiar with the matter. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clr.com\/leadership\/harold-g-hamm\/\">Hamm<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/joseph-craft\/?sh=692b8bb7712a\">Craft<\/a>\u00a0earned their fortunes in the fossil fuel industry.<\/p>\n<p>The former Trump official\u2019s calls to the billionaire fossil fuel magnates is the latest sign that Pruitt is eyeing a run for the open Oklahoma Senate seat, according to the Post. Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/minutes\/congress\/03-17-2022\/pruitt-eyes-senate-run\/\">reported<\/a> on March 17 that Pruitt was planning a potential bid for the seat, citing a source familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, who is 87, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/24\/jim-inhofe-announce-retirement-senate-oklahoma-special-election-report\/\">announced<\/a> he would retire by the end of the year, opening the door for a special election to fill his seat. The Oklahoma senator\u2019s term is <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Jim_Inhofe\">set to expire<\/a> in 2027. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/22\/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-house-energy-commerce-committee-jennifer-granholm-gas-prices\/\">(RELATED: GOP Leader Demands Biden Energy Secretary Testify On Rising Gas Prices)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Already, former Oklahoma House Speaker T. W. Shannon, Rep. Markwayne Mullin and Inhofe\u2019s chief of staff Luke Holland have announced they will run to fill the vacancy, according to Politico. Former Democratic Oklahoma Rep. Kendra Horn will also run for the seat.<\/p>\n<p>But Pruitt, a well-known Oklahoma public figure who previously served as the state\u2019s attorney general, could be well-positioned to win the seat despite a crowded field, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7396392\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7396392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surrounded by security agents, former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt arrives for a House hearing on April 26, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pruitt\u2019s tenure leading Trump\u2019s EPA was ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/07\/05\/scott-pruitt-resigns\/\">cut short<\/a> amid a series of congressional inquiries into alleged ethics violations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unrelenting attacks on me, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us,\u201d Pruitt <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/finnygo\/status\/1014959532408279046\/photo\/2\">wrote<\/a> in his letter of resignation to Trump on July 5, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>While there were a series of alleged scandals facing Pruitt throughout his tenure at EPA, a New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/05\/climate\/pruitt-epa-calendar-morris.html\">article<\/a> published prior to his resignation was \u201cjust the murder weapon,\u201d a source with knowledge of the situation <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/07\/05\/negative-press-scott-pruitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> the Daily Caller News Foundation at the time. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/11\/29\/former-scott-pruitt-aide-cleared-of-charges-leveled-by-democrats\/\">(RELATED: Former Scott Pruitt Aide Cleared Of Charges Leveled By Democrats)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pruitt had been <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/07\/05\/scott-pruitt-resigns-letter\/\">accused<\/a> of ordering staff to delete official calendar entries, flying first class on trips, having a heavy security detail and renting a room owned by a renowned lobbyist. Environmentalists had also called for Pruitt to be fired, saying he had \u201csabotaged\u201d the EPA\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince taking the helm at the (EPA), Scott Pruitt has sabotaged the agency\u2019s mission by strangling its budget, tearing down environmental safeguards, putting industry insiders in charge of the agency, and stamping out science that supports environmental protection,\u201d the Natural Resources Defense Council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/case-firing-scott-pruitt\">said<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis reckless agenda is putting polluters first, while putting millions of Americans at grave risk of harm,\u201d the group added. \u201cIn addition, Pruitt\u2019s unethical and possibly illegal behavior has violated the public trust and eroded the confidence of Americans in the EPA\u2019s ability to protect us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Pruitt, Hamm, and Craft did not immediately respond to the DCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt has contacted two billionaires, signaling a potential run for Senate, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.Pruitt, the first EPA administrator former President Donald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1396229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1396229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1396229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1396229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1396229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}