Probe Sought on EPA Aide Who Helped Scott Pruitt Find Housing

• Federal rules aim to prevent the misuse of taxpayer funds • Question of whether aide helped in condo search during work hours

Senate Democrats asked the Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general to probe whether Administrator Scott Pruitt violated federal regulations by allowing a top aide to help him find housing in Washington.

Assistance from the aide, Millan Hupp, may constitute an improper gift from a subordinate employee, Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) wrote inletterto Inspector General Arthur Elkins.

Federal regulations aim “to prevent the misuse of taxpayer funds” and prevent supervisors ...