On eve of confirmation vote, judge orders release of Pruittemails
As senators debated Thursday whether Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) should be confirmed to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a judge in Pruitt’s home state ordered his office to release thousands of pieces of correspondence between the nominee and oil and gas companies.
“Just within the last hour, a judge in Oklahoma has ordered the release of thousands of emails sent by this nominee… relevant to his dealings with oil and gas interested in his state and elsewhere,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on the Senate floor Thursday evening.
This development really requires a delay in this vote,” he said. “We have an obligation in advising and consenting to be as fully informed as possible…There is no excuse for a rush to confirmation.”
Judge Aletia Haynes Timmons told the Oklahoma attorney general’s office that it would have to turn over emails requested over two years ago by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) or provide them to the court.
https://thinkprogress.org/on-eve-of-confirmation-vote-judge-orders-release-of-pruitt-emails-a1dd25a91503#.j6zwkw1rk
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Though sooner would have been much better....Will it be enough for him to withdraw if he knows that he will be shown to be corrupt?
