Pruitt told aide: Get my wife a job

Embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt tapped a top aide last year in an effort to get his wife a job at a conservative political group, according to a report Wednesday.

Pruitt, already the subject of more than a dozen federal inquiries into his spending habits, possible ethics violations, abuses of power and mismanagement of the EPA, enlisted longtime aide Samantha Dravis to find work for his wife, The The Washington Post reported.

Government officials can't use their public office for personal gain or to benefit family members, according to federal law. If Pruitt told his aides to do personal favors for him or his family on government time, it could be a federal violation.

The report comes a week after similar stories emerged that Pruitt asked an aide to set up a meeting with fast-food chain Chick-fil-A to discuss a possible franchise for his spouse.