

Administrator Pruitt’s wife started, but did not complete, the Chick-fil-A franchisee application. The subject of that phone call was an expression of interest in his wife becoming a Chick-fil-A franchisee.

In comments to the Post, Chick-fil-A representative Carrie Kurlander said: Using the public’s money and the public’s time, Pruitt’s assistant, Sydney Hupp, reportedly emailed Chik-Fil-A President and Chairman Dan Cathy, in order to discuss “a potential business opportunity.” According to the Washington Post, an arranged phone call between the two was cancelled but Pruitt eventually spoke with someone from the chicken sandwich maven’s legal department. Rather, it was a fried chicken franchise for his wife. The subject of that request wasn’t rising methane levels or industrial effluent standards. Roughly three months after taking office, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt had his executive scheduler make a strange outreach request.
