Article snippet: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday declined to answer directly when asked if MORE. Sanders confirmed that the White House is investigating whether Pruitt’s now-famous $50-a-night lease arrangement in a Capitol Hill condo last year was proper. “The president thinks that he’s done a good job, particularly on the deregulation front,” Sanders told reporters at the White House when asked point-blank whether Trump has confidence in Pruitt. The questions referred to reports over the past week that Pruitt rented a D.C. condo from the wife of a lobbyist whose firm had numerous fossil-fuel clients. Pruitt paid $50 per night for the two-bedroom unit, but only on nights he slept there. On Monday, The New York Times reported that the EPA approved one of the lobbyist's client's projects while Pruitt was staying in the property. Asked if Trump is OK with the arrangement, Sanders said he is not. “We’re reviewing the situation. When we have had the chance to have a deeper dive on it and we’ll let you know the outcomes of that, but we’re currently reviewing that here at the White House,” she said. Pruitt, who has also faced scrutiny over his travel expenses and a $43,000 soundproof "privacy booth" he had installed in his agency office suite, was further hit this week by reports that the EPA used the Safe Drinking Water Act to secure raises — previously rejected by the White House — for two of his closest aides. On Wednesday, he said he didn't know abo... Link to the full article to read more