the trump campaign veteran says he believes he started being pushed out after he refused to sign off on firstclass flights for one of pruitts aides you know be done with it perrotta told abc news in an interview on tuesday that he did not threaten chmielewski but thats apparently where im at now he said read more editors note this story has been updated to include perrottas response he said that after he declined the head of pruitts security detail nino perrotta called him multiple times threatening to come to his house and physically take his pass even though chmielewski said that would be trespassing i think hes just in a weird situation chmielewski said i mean at this point im going up against a cabinet secretary in an exclusive interview with abc news kyra phillips former deputy chief of staff kevin chmielewski said he was 100 percent forced out after raising concerns about pruitts spending on firstclass travel and i kinda got in trouble behind closed doors for not signing that who wants to do that no one in this world can say that im not a republican and no one in this world can say that im not the biggest fan of the president or the vice president he said just kevin sign it when asked about chmielewskis situation pruitt said last week during congressional testimony that the former deputy chief of staff resigned but chmielewski says that he was fired and that the agency has been trying to discredit him presidential candidate donald trump invites kevin chmielewski on stage during a campaign rally in berlin md april 2017 chmielewski met with members of congress and staffers earlier this month 040 epa whistleblower says he would still go through a brick wall for trump former epa deputy chief of staff kevin chmielewski tells abc in an exclusiv abc i just want to emphasize very very clearly to you that theres no actions that we have taken that im aware of related in any way to the issues you raise as far as reassignment or employment action based upon that pruitt told lawmakers chmielewski said that he was involved in planning the phone booth and that pruitt knew it would cost more than 40000 i refused to do it pruitt who is the subject of multiple ethics investigations and a white house probe appeared before congress on april 26 where he insisted he did not retaliate against employees in response to questions from both democrats and republicans 236 epa chief on capitol hill i have nothing to hide he said his security team decided that he should fly first class not coach the form is not signed by chmielewski who says he was actually forced to leave a month before that date he knew what was going on and what the ideas were he said though chmielewski said he didnt personally see pruitt sign anything authorizing the expense chmielewski worked on president donald trumps campaign said