Barbara Boxer on EPA Chief: This Is a Full Blown Scandal

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>>> New developments in this growing ethics scandal involving the trump White House. The EPA chief is under fire for this sweet heart housing deal from Scott Pruitt's agency. Now trump's telling Scott Pruitt to keep fighting and it's more of a nontroversy rather than a controversy.
>> This is people trying to take us off the agenda we're focused on and create a controversy when none exists.
>> Critics note that the trump M has four senior officials facing Congress for lavish financial critiques. Thank you for joining me. Why does a story like this, which in some sense can seem petty to people, why does it matter?
>> This is not a petty story. This is a full blown scandal. Ari, I lived in that very building. Which is prime real estate, steps from the Senate buildings, it costs $5,000 a month, if you want to rent the place. And if you have a room reserved for you any time you want it, you're essentially, you know, living rent free. I'm sure he had all his clothes there. The whole thing is outrageous that it would be outrageous even if the person had nothing to do with the business of the day that Scott Pruitt deals with all the time. But this is a lobbyist with a lot of ties to the energy department, to the EPA, which I should be renamed the environmental pollution agency. This isn't just scandalous, this is a scandal. I think you know that I was either the chair or the vice chair of the ethics committee in the Senate for many years. If any senator did this, bye-bye. Truly.