For Immediate Release:
U.S. Special Counsel Findings Vindicate Government Accountability Project Client Kevin Chmielewski, Whose Whistleblowing Exposed Scott Pruitt’s Corruption
WASHINGTON – Scott Pruitt, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and current candidate for the United States Senate, resigned from his position in July 2018 after a flurry of whistleblower disclosures, media coverage, and federal and Congressional investigations scrutinized a plethora of allegations detailing his abuses of authority and violations of public trust.
Today, the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) closed its investigation into whistleblower disclosures related to the former Administrator’s alleged wrongdoing during his time at the EPA, and for the first time publicly released Special Counsel Henry J. Kerner’s letter to President Biden, the EPA’s report to OSC, the whistleblower’s comments on the EPA’s report, and OSC’s referral letter to the EPA.
Government Accountability Project represents Kevin Chmielewski, one of four EPA employees who made disclosures to the OSC in 2018 alleging that Pruitt engaged in improper and excessive spending of agency funds on travel and security, used his official position for his personal benefit and the benefit of EPA staff that he favored, and endangered public safety. Additionally, the complaints claimed that the EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG) improperly assumed EPA program operating responsibilities including protective...
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