REPORT: EPA Head Scott Pruitt Wants Jeff Sessions’ Job

Bloomberg reports:

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has told associates he would be willing to lead the Justice Department, should the position become available, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The former Oklahoma attorney general has discussed the matter in recent days amid perennial speculation about the tenure of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, said the people, who asked not to be identified describing internal conversations.

The New York Times, Associated Press and Bloomberg News reported on Thursday that President Donald Trump ordered his White House counsel, Don McGahn, early last year to lobby Sessions not to recuse himself from the Justice Department’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Sessions recused himself anyway, infuriating Trump.

The New York Daily News reports:

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is one of the few Cabinet members who will not attend an inner-circle legislative meeting hosted by President Trump this weekend, fueling speculation about growing tensions between the two men.

Meanwhile, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, who will attend the meeting at Camp David, indicated this week that he’d be willing to lead the Justice Department should the opportunity arise, according to a report.