- A communications staffer at the Environmental Protection Agency attempted to plant negative stories about Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to distract from the bad news engulfing the EPA.
- The staffer, Michael Abboud, told reporters that an Interior staffer teamed up with former EPA deputy chief of staff Kevin Chmielewski to leak harmful information about the EPA to the press.
- But several reporters rejected the story, citing a lack of evidence, even as it was published by Patrick Howley of Big League Politics, a right-wing website founded by former Breitbart News employees.
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An EPA staffer reportedly leaked false stories about a cabinet official in order to 'take the heat off' Scott Pruitt
A communications staffer at the Environmental Protection Agency, besieged recently by a series of scandals, attempted to plant negative news stories about Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to distract from the bad news engulfing EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
A communications staffer at the Environmental Protection Agency, besieged recently by a series of scandals, attempted to plant negative news stories about Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to distract from the bad press engulfing EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, The Atlantic reported Thursday.
But several reporters rejected the stories that Abboud shopped, citing a lack of evidence, even as it was published by Patrick Howley of Big League Politics, a right-wing website founded by former Breitbart News employees.
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