Top EPA ethics official discloses that he has urged additional investigations into Scott Pruitt "Additional potential issues regarding Mr. Pruitt have come to my attention through sources within the EPA and media reports,” ethics official Kevin Minoli wrote ... The E.P.A.'s Ethics Officer Once Defended Pruitt. Then He Urged Investigations. The ethics official had said Scott Pruitt's $50-a-night condo rental appeared to be appropriate. But he later learned that the landlord's husband was lobbying the ... Mr. Pruitt is facing 13 federal inquiries into his spending and management practices as E.P.A. administrator, including the condo arrangement and the use of staff members for personal errands, as well as his first-class travel expenses and the installation of a $43,000 soundproof phone booth in his office.