in response to questions about those allegations an epa spokesman told abc news that two career epa officials traveled with pruitt on the trip not only political staff and that liquid natural gas was not the only topic on the agenda as described in an epa press release scott pruitts moroccan calendar draws blanks more scrutiny for pruitts morocco trip from democrats epa inspector general trump expresses confidence in pruitt despite criticism over living arrangements the trip is already under review by the epas inspector general as part of an ongoing audit of pruitts travel costs there have certainly been lots of questions raised as to how the epa is handling foia requests under the current administration and i think that this adds to that growing list of questions as to what is going on when it comes to epa and foia he told abc news the entry includes all attendees invited to the meeting which is the reason for the extensive redaction multiple democrats have asked for more information on what prompted the morocco trip and what pruitt discussed with moroccan officials including the ranking member of the senate committee with oversight of epa sen tom carper ddel in a letter to the epa inspector general carper wrote that he was especially concerned that the epa listed promoting us exports of natural gas as one of the topics on the trip federal guidelines allow officials to fly firstclass on international trips but the expense caught the attention of investigators who were already looking into the cost of pruitts international and domestic travel the epas inspector general agreed to review pruitts personal travel this week according to whitehouses office in addition to ongoing audits of the cost of his official travel and security detail he then flew back to washington on december 13 carper wrote in the letter that natural gas is not part of the agencys mission to protect human health and the environment for a trip that included at least 10 epa staff your official business consisted of one full working day and two days each with one onehour meeting sen sheldon whitehouse dri a top democratic on the committee with oversight of epa wrote in recent letter to pruitt adam marshall an attorney with the reporters committee for the freedom of the press told abc news on friday the epa should not have blacked out the staff meeting in its initial response earlier this month the epa released the sixpage schedule from pruitts 47hour north africa trip with four pages blacked out the next day he held several meetings and toured an energy park before traveling to marrakesh and having breakfast with the director of the moroccan renewable energy agency the environmental protection agency has released new details about administrator scott pruitts schedule in morocco last year that show he was scheduled for only one meeting on the first day of the costly trip pruitt also toured a green energy facility during the visit the