"The lobbyist whose wife's Capitol Hill condo was home to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for part of last year recommended candidates for the agency's Science Advisory Board.

In an email shared with E&E News by congressional aides, Steven Hart, formerly chairman of Williams & Jensen PLLC, suggested to EPA Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson potential additions to the advisory committee.

"I wanted to highlight three candidates for the Science Advisory Board, who were nominated by our client, Dennis Treacy, the President of the Smithfield Foundation," Hart said in the August 2017 email, which was first reported on by The New York Times."

Kevin Bogardus and Sean Reilly report for Greenwire May 2, 2018. [2]