Pruitt huddled with coal exec who raised over $1M for Trump

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



EPA has fought requests for Pruitt’s schedules, releasing them only when forced by lawsuits by environmental or government transparency organizations.

By ALEX GUILLÉN and EMILY HOLDEN 03/16/2018 08:00 AM EDT

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt met with an Indiana coal executive last year who was seeking to soften a pollution rule — and who once boasted about raising more than a million dollars for President Donald Trump’s campaign, according to documents provided to POLITICO.

The records, obtained by the Sierra Club through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against EPA, show that Steven Chancellor, CEO of White Stallion Energy, met with Pruitt on May 22, 2017 for a “courtesy call and introductory meeting."

Pruitt has met regularly with GOP heavyweights ahead of what many expect to be a 2020 Senate run. He has also met with investors connected to Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson as well as key conservative groups like the Family Research Council and Federalist Society.

Chancellor is also the head of the American Patriot Group, whose corporate headquarters in Evansville were designed to mimic the White House, and which owns White Stallion Energy, which mines coal from five sites in the Illinois Basin.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/16/scott-pruitt-epa-indian-coal-executive-meeting-467015

[duforsure]

1. Are they all shaking down businesses?

Pay to play, corruption at its worse? Sure looks like it.

[Firestorm49]

2. Government of the.............

The upcoming elections will determine, more than any elections in the last, whether we become a fascist state. Those currently in power will do ANYTHING to retain their grasp of money and power, including turning a blind eye to corrupt and rigged elections. Fair elections? We shall see.
What gives these appointed stooges the arrogance to defy the public’s right to know? Answer: Arrogance and disdain for the very public that they “serve.”

[SergeStorms]

7. They only serve themselves.....

and those who "donate" mega-dollars for their "campaigns". You could change "donate" to "extort", and "campaigns" to "personal bank accounts" and not be in error.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Why can't dirty coal compete fairly with clean power, without the corruption?

I think I answered my own question?

[lagomorph777]

6. Because clean power is now cheaper than coal.

[Angry Dragon]

4. pay-to-play

[lagomorph777]

5. Oops - we learned about it. Looks like he's gonna need a bigger Cone of Silence.