Uh-oh!  It looks as if Scott Pruitt overspent by $38,000, and we can't have such abuse of taxpayer money. The Washington Post: The nearly $43,000 soundproof phone booth Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt had installed in his office last year violated federal spending laws, the Government Accountability Office said Monday. In an eight-page letter to lawmakers, GAO general counsel Thomas H. Armstrong said the agency failed to notify lawmakers that it was exceeding the $5,000 limit for agency heads to furnish, redecorate or otherwise make improvements to their offices. In addition, Armstrong wrote, the agency also violated the federal Antideficiency Act, "because EPA obligated appropriated funds in a manner specifically prohibited by law." Somehow, journalists never cared much about misspent money during Obama's eight years. Politifact says President Trump was wrong when he said $6...(Read Full Post)