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The Energy 202: Trump administration drafts plan to challenge California on auto emissions standards

Washington Post

But the probes continue at the EPA’s internal watchdog... The EPA's inspector general confirmed last week it will investigate Pruitt’s controversial condo deal, The Post’s Brady Dennis reported. It’s the 10th federal investigation into the administrator. In a letter to Democratic Reps. Don Beyer (Va.) and Ted Lieu (Calif.), who requested the review, inspector general Arthur A. Elkins Jr. said the office had “received multiple requests from multiple members of Congress as well as other OIG Hotline complaints regarding these same and related issues. After considering the [requests]… the OIG has concluded that it will review the matters enumerated above.” Elkins noted some of the issues will be reviewed as part of ongoing inspector general’s reviews, and others will prompt new reviews.