Pruitt aides rush for door

TWO OF Scott Pruitt’s closest aides announced their resignations Wednesday amid a torrent of scandals involving the Environmental Protection Agency administrator.

Millan Hupp, an executive scheduler for Pruitt, submitted her resignation and will leave Friday, Pruitt confirmed.

“She has done outstanding work in all of her endeavors here and will be sorely missed,” Pruitt said in a statement.

Pruitt’s statement did not mention Hupp’s testimony to the House Oversight Committee earlier this week admitting she had carried out a number of peculiar personal tasks for Pruitt, including contacting the Trump International Hotel to see if she could buy a used mattress for him. Government watchdogs promptly pointed out that Pruitt may have violated ethics law by making the request.

Within hours of Hupp’s resignation, Pruitt’s senior counselor, Sarah Greenwalt, announced she was also stepping down, according to multiple reports. Greenwalt faced scrutiny after she received a stunning 52% raise earlier this year before the EPA reversed it amid pushback.

Calls for Pruitt himself to resign have continued to mount amid a dizzying number of ethical scandals involving his dubious oversight of the EPA and unprecedented spending on taxpayerfunded travel, security and housing.

Despite a seemingly never-ending stream of scandals, President Trump voiced full-throated support for his climate-change-skeptical EPA chief Wednesday.

“Thank you, Scott, very much. EPA is doing really, really well,” Trump said during a cabinet meeting. “Somebody has to say that about you a little bit.”