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On Tuesday, the Center for Media and Democracy filed a lawsuit claiming that the President Donald Trump EPA nominee and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt violated the Oklahoma Open Records Act by failing to release more than 3,000 emails and other documents for more than two years.
A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, of violating the state open records law by not providing access to emails and other official documents sought for up to two years.
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A lawsuit alleges that the nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency has violated the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
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Days before the full Senate votes on Scott Pruitt’s nomination to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), a national investigative watchdog group, alleges in a new lawsuit that as Oklahoma Attorney General, Pruitt has violated the Oklahoma Open Records Act for failing to provide public access to official emails and other documents for more than two years.
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Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have suspended their panel’s rules to force through Scott Pruitt’s nomination to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Whitehouse cites reporting that at least 52 Open Records requests remain unfulfilled by Pruitt’s office. Six of those are from the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD).
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