"In mid-September, the Environmental Protection Agency chief’s director of scheduling and advance contacted the Trump International Hotel in Washington with an unusual request. Millan Hupp wanted to know how much the hotel would charge EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for purchasing one of its used mattresses.
Hupp’s search for a discount “Trump Home Luxury Plush Euro Pillow Top” mattress, which she detailed in a recent interview with congressional investigators, was one of several unusual tasks she performed for the administrator. The senior aide also scouted apartments for her boss in some of the District’s hippest neighborhoods and helped arrange his family vacation to California over the New Year’s holiday so that the Pruitts could watch the Oklahoma Sooners play in the Rose Bowl.
Pruitt’s push to enlist a subordinate in his quest for cheap bedding — outlined in a letter Monday from two of the top Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Elijah E. Cummings (Md.) and Gerald E. Connolly (Va.), to the panel’s chairman, Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) — was one of several efforts he has made to minimize his personal expenses since moving to Washington. "
Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey, and Brady Dennis report for the Washington Post June 4, 2018.
SEE ALSO:
"Pruitt Wanted 'Old Mattress' From Trump Hotel — Aide" (Greenwire)
"Aide: EPA's Pruitt Sought Used Trump Hotel Mattress" (AP)
"Pruitt Wanted To Buy ‘Old Mattress’ From Trump International Hotel" (Politico)
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