SFGATE: 2 top aides leave EPA amid ethics investigations

2 top aides leave EPA amid ethics investigations
Published on May 01, 2018 at 07:39PM by By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top security official for embattled Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt abruptly left office ahead of his scheduled questioning before a congressional panel, one of two top aides whose departures were announced Tuesday amid a series of federal ethics investigations of the agency. In statements, Pruitt gave no immediate reasons why the two men — security chief Pasquale "Nino" Perrotta and Albert Kelly, a former Oklahoma banker who ran the EPA's Superfund program — were leaving. Perrotta is due to appear Wednesday for a transcribed interview by staffers of the House Oversight Committee. Committee aides said his resignation was not expected to affect his appearance.
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