A panel of CNN commentators burst out laughing Friday during a discussion involving Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s reported “beyond laughable” corruption.
The group was discussing a series of reports regarding Pruitt’s high travel expenses and other controversies surrounding the department head’s ethics when panelists broke down in laughter over a Thursday report published by The Atlantic.
The report claimed that a member of Pruitt’s press team was trying to shop negative stories about Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to the press in an effort deflect attention from his boss.
“I mean, come on!” CNN host John King said with a laugh.
CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins said it appeared as if there’s nothing Pruitt could do to cost him his job.
“This guy has like nine lives,” Collins said.
King asked viewers at home to close their eyes and imagine what would happen if an EPA administrator in another administration behaved like Pruitt.