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In June 2018, a simple calendar event, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the Sierra Club, clued the public into unethical behavior in the federal government.
Scott Pruitt, then head of the Environmental Protection Agency, had an appointment with the chief executive of Chick-fil-A. Further investigation by The Washington Post and
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