>> WHO HAPPENED TO BE MARRIED TO A LOBBYIST.
A LOBBYIST. HE MAINTAINED A SECRET CALENDAR
TO HIDE HIS CONTACTS.
THAT WHISTLE BLOWER SAID AIDES
MET REGULARLY TO SCRUB HIS
CALENDAR OF ANYTHING THAT MIGHT
LOOK BAD.
LOOK BAD. ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT
DIRECTLY ASKING THE PRESIDENT TO
FIRE JEFF SESSIONS.
JOINING ME NOW IS EPA WHISTLE
BLOWER
BLOWER BLOWER.
BLOWER. I WANT TO GET CLEAR, AND YOU
WANT TO GET CLEAR, YOU ARE
SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. YOU HAVE NO IDEOLOGICAL OR
POLITICAL AX TO GRIND.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> NOT AT ALL.
IT IS JUST THE OPPOSITE.
I AM STILL THE BIGGEST TRUMP
SUPPORTER AND LIFELONG
SUPPORTER.
SUPPORTER. I WOULD GO THROUGH A BRICK WALL
FOR THE MAN TODAY.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
CALENDARS.
CALENDARS. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON THAT AGENCY
HEADS HAVE TWO CALENDARS.
A PUBLIC CALENDAR AND A PRIVATE
CAL DER.
CAL DER. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS
SOMETHING OTHER THAN THAT GOING
ON.
ON. EXPLAIN WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
>> LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HAVE THE
TWO CALENDARS.
TWO CALENDARS. BUT THERE WAS A THIRD CALENDAR.
WE WOULD GO ON AND DO THESE
THINGS AND BEFORE THE TRIPS,
NEXT THING YOU KNOW WELL BE
ASKED TO BASICALLY SCRUB THINGS
THAT HE DID THAT WOULD BE
CONTROVERSIAL, THERE WERE OTHER
TRIPS.
TRIPS. LIKE THIS WAS A WEEKLY
OCCURRENCE WHERE WE WOULD TAKE
THE ACTUAL SCHEDULE, PRINT IT
OUT AND THEY WOULD LITERALLY,
THE CHIEF OF STAFF WOULD TAKE
SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY
THOUGHT WAS CONTROVERSIAL.
>> THE PUBLIC ONE, THE ONE THAT
WAS A PUBLIC RECORD, WHICH THESE
ARE ALL PUBLIC RECORDS, THEY
WOULD SAY DELETE EVENTS IF THEY
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TOO
CONTROVERSIAL.
CONTROVERSIAL. >> YES, SIR, AND THEY WOULD
BASICALLY PRINT OUT A PAPER COPY
OF THE SCHEDULE AND THEN THE
CHIEF OF STAFF RYAN JACKSON OR
ADMINISTRATOR PRUITT WOULD TAKE
A PEN OR PENCIL AND TAKE OUT THE
STUFF.
STUFF. AND THAT WOULD GO ONTO THE
OFFICIAL SCHEDULE.
OFFICIAL SCHEDULE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE OFFICIAL
SCHEDULE, ANOTHER BIG THING THAT
I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW,
IS IT TOOK MONTHS AT THE
BEGINNING AND REFUSED TO GIVE
THOSE OUT.
THOSE OUT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT TAKES
A MONTH OR TWO FOR THAT STUFF TO
COME OUT.
COME OUT. >> LET ME STOP YOU THERE.
DID YOU OR OTHERS THINK THIS IS
SKETCHY, THIS IS STRANGE
BEHAVIOR, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
>> SO, I WILL MAKE IT EVEN
EASIER THAN THAT.
I BASICALLY LOST MY WHOLE
CAREER.
CAREER. I WAS ONE OF THE PRESIDENT’S
FIRST ADVANCE GUYS.
I COULDN’T PUT UP WITH IT
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. I LOVE THIS ADMINISTRATION, I
LOVE THE PRESIDENT.
BUT SCOTT PRUITT, EVERYTHING I
WITNESSED I COULDN’T BE A PART
OF IT.
OF IT. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST DOWN RIGHT
WRONG.
WRONG. >> THERE WERE LOW LEVEL, AND
OTHER REPORTS TODAY, LOW LEVEL
STAFFERS, BEING ASKED TO CHARGE
TRIPS ON THEIR CREDIT CARD AND
NOT BEING REIMBURSED.
DID YOU EVER, IS THAT SOMETHING
YOU WITNESSED FIRST HAND?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I ACTUALLY SAW WHERE THE CHIEF
OF STAFF RYAN JACKSON HAD TO
GIVE ONE OF THE YOUNGER
STAFFERS, LITERALLY PULLED SIX,
$100 BILLS OUT OF HIS WALLET AND
GAVE IT TO THIS YOUNG LADY.
>> BECAUSE SHE HAD CHARGED
SOMETHING AND NOT BEEN
REIMBURSED.
REIMBURSED. >> IT WAS HOTEL FROM THE --
HOTEL ROOMS FROM THE
INAUGURATION THAT HIS FAMILY
STAYED IN.
STAYED IN. >> $400 MEAL IN ROME, YOU HAVE
ALSO GOT HIM, WHAT WAS THE DEAL
WITH HIM, HE SEEMED DESPERATE TO
FIND HIS WIFE A LUCRATIVE JOB.
TRYING TO GET HER A JOB FOR
MAKING AT LEAST $200,000.
DID YOU WITNESS THAT?
WAS THAT SOMETHING HE TALKED
ABOUT?
ABOUT? >> YES, I HEARD ABOUT THE
CHICK-FIL-A, THE ONE I HEARD
ABOUT THE MOST, IS APPARENTLY
SHE IS AN INTERIOR DECORATOR.
AND THEY TRIED TO FIND HER JOBS
AROUND D.C. AS AN INTERIOR
DECORATOR.
DECORATOR. >> YOU MEAN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES
THAT IS PAID BY PUBLIC FUNDS.
>> YES, SIR.
MOST OF THE CORE STAFF THAT WAS
AROUND HIM EVERY DAY CAME FROM
OKLAHOMA.
OKLAHOMA. THESE PEOPLE WERE GREAT PEOPLE.
AND STILL TO THIS DAY, I WOULD
SAY IT, I WISH THEY WERE MORE
TRUTHFUL AND UP FRONT WITH WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. IF SO, THERE WOULD BE MORE
PEOPLE LIKE ME COMING OUT.
100% WOULD HAVE THESE STAFFERS
DOING THIS STUFF.
TWO OR THREE OF THESE KEY
STAFFERS THAT CAME FROM
OKLAHOMA.
OKLAHOMA. THESE WERE ALL FRIENDS, PEOPLE
HE BROUGHT FROM OKLAHOMA CITY.
>> BUT ON THE PUBLIC PAYROLL.
THEY WORK FOR US, THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. >> 100%.
>> 100%. YOURS AND MY TAX DOLLARS.
NOT ONLY WERE THEY MISSPENDING
OUR TAX DOLLARS BUT TAKING TIME
AWAY FROM OUR JOB AND EVERYTHING
ELSE.
ELSE. THIS THING HAPPENED ONCE IN A
WHILE THAT WOULD BE ONE THING.
THIS THING WAS DAYS MONTHS.
>> PEOPLE WHO CUT CORNER AND GET
INTO PUBLIC LIFE AND ARE
CARELESS.
CARELESS. BUT THIS WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT
TO GRIFF.
TO GRIFF. TO GET A SWEET HEART LEASE.
AND ALSO TO TALK IN SECRET WITH
PEOPLE HE HAS TO REGULATE.
WHAT IS DRIVING THIS?
WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE
MAN’S MOTIVE HERE?
>> IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU WORK
AT McDONALD’S OR AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, EVERYBODY TRIES TO BETTER
THEMSELVES, BUT THIS WENT WELL
BEYOND THAT.
BEYOND THAT. I HEARD EARLY, YOU BRINGING THIS
UP AFTER SECRETARY PRICE WAS
FIRED, AND THAT IS WHEN WE ALL
GOT TOGETHER AND SAID ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO
ANYTHING LIKE THAT ANYMORE AND
IN MY OPINION, ADMINISTRATOR
DOUBLED AND TRIPLED DOWN AND IT
GOT WORSE.
GOT WORSE. THAT IS WHEN THE HUNDRED
THOUSAND A MONTH PRIVATE PLANE
CAME IN.
CAME IN. AND THAT IS WHEN I KNEW THAT WAS
MY LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
THAT I HAD TO BE MOVED TO A
DIFFERENT AGENCY OR QUITE
FRANKLY HAD TO LEAVE.
>> SO YOU ARE SAYING, IGNORANCE
IS NO EXCUSE AFTER THE PRICE
THING.
THING. PEOPLE SAYING WE ARE MAKING
DECISIONS HERE THAT IS EXPOSING
US.
US. WHAT IS THE MOTIVE?
IS HE FINANCIALLY STRESSED?
GREEDY?
GREEDY? WHY IS HE DOING THIS?
>> I WOULD BE LYING IF I SAID I
DON’T KNOW HIS FINANCIAL
SITUATION, BUT REGARDLESS, IF HE
HAD A FINANCIAL ISSUE, OR NOT, I
MEAN, ALL OF US, YOU CAN’T DO
THAT KIND OF STUFF, WHEN YOU ARE
A CABINET LEVEL SECRETARY, YOU
CANNOT DO THAT STUFF.
WHEN MY FIRST CALM OFOUPLE OF DA
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, I HAD
TO GO THROUGH ETHIC TRAINING AND
COURSES.
COURSES. SO DID HE.
YOU CAN’T SAY YOU DIDN’T KNOW.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US KNEW THE
REGULATIONS AND THE STUFF WE
COULDN’T DO.
COULDN’T DO. NOT ONLY WOULD WE HAVE BEEN
FIRED, MORE THAN LIKELY ALSO
LEGAL TROUBLE.
LEGAL TROUBLE. >> FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU.
YOU ARE A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE
PRESIDENT, OBVIOUSLY HE HAS
DECIDED TO NOT FIRE THIS MAN
DESPITE THE FACT HIS INFAMOUS
CATCH PHRASE, YOU’RE FIRED.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE
PRESIDENT, SHOULD HE FIRED SCOTT
PERU
PERU PRUIT.
PRUIT. >> THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT
I JOINED THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN EVEN
BEFORE HIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND WHY
THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE
MESSAGE OF DRAINING THE SWAMP
AND NOT ONLY DID WE NOT DRAIN