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    Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals

    by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times Jul 05, 2018 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, one of the most scandal-plagued Cabinet officials in U.S. history, is leaving the agency, President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday.

    "I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency," Trump said in a tweet. "Within the agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this."

    He said Pruitt's deputy at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, would assume control Monday as acting administrator.

    "I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda," Trump wrote. "We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is

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