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EPA Spent $25K On A Secure Phone Booth For Scott Pruitt To Prevent Eavesdropping

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spent $25,000 on a soundproof phone booth in Administrator Scott Pruitt’s office preventing outsiders from eavesdropping on the agency chief’s communications, according to a Tuesday report from The Washington Post.

EPA officials signed a $24,570 contract earlier this summer with sound canceling company Acoustical Solutions for a “privacy booth for the administrator.”

The agency sought a customized version that Pruitt can use to communicate without fear of being monitored, the report notes.

It costs more than $833,000 to protect EPA chief Scott Pruitt

President Trump’s mission to gut the Environmental Protection Agency is moving ahead at full speed, with one curious exception.

The personal security staff of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is three times larger than that of his predecessors.

Either Pruitt is three times more unpopular than they were, or he just enjoys the extra company.

According to the Washington Post, Pruitt’s round-the-clock security detail now numbers about 18 people.

Beyoncé, eat your heart out.