Scott Pruitt's lobbyist landlord reportedly had to pester him to pay his rent

The condo Scott Pruitt leased.
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Under his lease agreement, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency had to pay only $50 a night for a room at a condo on Capitol Hill, but he wasn't always quick to hand over his rent check, two people with knowledge of the matter told Politico.

Scott Pruitt rented the room at the below-market rate from Vicki Hart, a health care lobbyist whose husband J. Steven Hart is an energy lobbyist. Hart often had to badger Pruitt for his rent money, Politico reports, even though he only had to pay for the nights when he actually slept at the condo. His cushy lease agreement was reported last week, and it was later revealed that while his daughter was a White House intern, she also stayed at the condo.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.