As Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt prepares for what U.S. Sen. James Lankford says could be the “wildest” of confirmation hearings this week, Pruitt came under review of the New York Times.
In its Sunday edition, the paper noted how Pruitt took over as Oklahoma Attorney General and immediately stopped efforts to punish the poultry industry for pollution in eastern Oklahoma.
“The move came after he had taken tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from executives and lawyers for the poultry industry,” reported the Times.
“It was one of a series of instances in which Mr. Pruitt put cooperation with industry before confrontation as he sought to blunt the impact of federal environmental policies in his state—against oil, gas, agriculture and other interests,” continued the paper.
The Times said Pruitt’s 14 lawsuits against the Environmental Protection agency “in many ways defined his tenure as Oklahoma’s attorney general.”