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WEBVTT WITH THE LATEST ON THAT MEETING. CRYSTAL: WE KNOW THAT THEY MET TODAY JUST WITHIN THE LAST FEW HOURS. NO WORD ON IF AN OFFER HAS BEE MADE, BUT IF IT WAS, IT IS POSSIBLE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL COULD BE LEAVING HIS JOB HERE TO GO WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT. REPUBLICAN SCOTT PRUITT HAS TWO YEARS LEFT TO SERVE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL IN OKLAHOMA BUT TODAY HE INTERVIEWED TO SERVE ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. >> ANY POSITION THAT MR. TRUMP WOULD PLACE HIM IN, I THINK THAT HE WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET, PAM POLLARD, CHAIR FOR THE OKLAHOMA REPUBLICAN PARTY SAYS THREE POSITIONS PRUITT MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR INCLUDE DIRECTOR OF THE EPA, AS WELL AS OTHER POSITIONS WITHIN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. IN RECENT YEARS PRUITT HAS FILED , MULTIPLE LAWSUITS INCLUDING WHEN HE SUED THE EPA OVER THE CLEAN POWER PLAN. >> HE HAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK IN TRYING TO STOP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S INTRUSION INTO STATE RIGHTS AND EVEN INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. CRYSTAL: POLLARD SAYS PRUITT WOULD BE ALSO BE A CHAMPION FOR THE ARE FIGHTING SCRICT EPA ENERGY INDUSTRY, AS RIGHT NOW OIL COMPANIES ARE FIGHTING SCRICT EPA REGULATIONS. >> REALLY HATE TO LOSE HIM, BUT I KNOW HE WOULD BE A GREAT, GREAT ASSET. CRYSTAL: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE SAYS THEY WILL NOT BE RELEASING ANY FURTHER STATEMENT TODAY. PRUITT IS ONE OF SEVERAL OKLAHOMANS BEING CONSIDERED TO SERVE ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.