Death threats cause security costs for EPA chief Pruitt to skyrocket

Security costs concerning Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt have gone through the roof after he received death threats.

CNN says that Pruitt has 24/7 security detail, which no previous EPA chief has ever received.

Salaries for Pruitt's new security detail will cost at least $2 million per year, and that doesn’t include costs for training, equipment and travel -- all coming as the Trump administration plans to cut the EPA’s budget by 30 percent.

The EPA’s inspector general’s office says that Pruitt has received more death threats than any of his predecessors and has launched more than 70 investigations into threats against him and others.

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Pruitt’s travel spending has come under scrutiny after reports came out of constant trips to his home state of Oklahoma and several flights on charter and government planes.

Democratic members of Congress are raising the red flag say that "This culture, which is reflected in travel and lifestyle choices from the President on down, seems to embolden senior, politically appointed officials of the Trump administration to undertake lavish spending of taxpayer dollars for their sole and personal benefit…”