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Senate Confirms Former Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler To Lead EPA (cnn.com)
The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Andrew Wheeler as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, ratifying President Trump's choice of a former advocate for business interests to lead the agency. From a report: Wheeler, also a former Republican Senate aide on environmental issues, has been acting administrator since July, when former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned amid a host of ethics controversies. Since Wheeler began leading the agency, he has continued work on many of the same priorities as his predecessor, including looking to roll back Obama-era air and water pollution regulations. But Wheeler has brought a level of stability to the agency that didn't exist under Pruitt, keeping a relatively low profile while continuing to make progress towards meeting the Trump administration's policy goals for the agency. He has met often with industry representatives. Wheeler attended or held more than 50 meetings with representatives of companies or industry groups regulated by the EPA between April and August of 2018, a CNN review of his internal schedules found.
"He had no direct evidence or knowledge of any Russian collusion during the campaign and said so under questioning yesterday." - Wrong, his testimony IS evidence. He said Jr. told Trump about that meeting beforehand.
That proves not only was Trump lying when he said he "knew nothing" about it, but that he was an active participant, which we already know other ways. Collusion not only established, knowledge of it cemented. Trump is fucked.
Cohen isn't the one fucking him either, this is for Trump's own treasons that Cohen was a bit player in. All of this is Trump's fault, and yours for defending that world's dumbest traitor. It's so fucking obvious.
You should be hanged along with Jr.