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EPA Chief Worried Trump Would Be 'Abusive To The Constitution'

In comments to a Tulsa radio host in February 2016, then Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said he feared President Trump would use executive orders unconstitutionally if he were elected.

In 2016, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told a radio host in Tulsa, "I believe that Donald Trump in the White House would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama, and that's saying a lot."

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