Jackson was on discover that the doc destruction was improper, one thing the previous official stated he mentioned earlier this 12 months with
Jackson was on discover that the doc destruction was improper, one thing the previous official stated he mentioned earlier this 12 months with an official from the IG’s workplace.
“They’d scold us each day and Ryan would say, ‘Oh, I didn’t know, we’ll do higher subsequent time,’” the previous official stated.
Jackson advised POLITICO he was “unaware” of the IG investigating him for destroying paperwork. He did not reply to an additional request for remark.
Michael Abboud, an EPA spokesperson, disputed the allegations, noting {that a} earlier investigation had not discovered proof of unlawful doc destruction on the company.
“Even the Nationwide Archives have publicly acknowledged these claims are ‘unsubstantiated,'” Abboud stated in an announcement. “Politico selecting to run this story on the baseless claims of 1 disgruntled former worker doesn’t make it true. EPA takes document retention severely and trains all workers (profession and political) on correct protocols and can proceed to comply with them.”
The curiosity in whether or not Jackson destroyed information might point out renewed curiosity in allegations that Pruitt saved a “secret calendar” to cover controversial conferences with Republican donors or trade officers. In July 2018, CNN reported that Pruitt aides would recurrently “scrub” his calendar, however a subsequent investigation by the…