But his financial fortunes may be about to change.

Pruitt, a lawyer by trade, is in talks with billionaire coal executive Joseph W. Craft III, a longtime friend, about working for him in a “personal” capacity. Craft is president and chief executive of Alliance Resource Partners, based in Tulsa.

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“Any discussions that occurred between Mr. Craft and Mr. Pruitt are preliminary, and do not involve him becoming an employee of Alliance Resource Partners,” company spokesman Heath Lovell said. “Obviously, any discussions would not involve lobbying the federal government.”

Pruitt, who is barred under an executive order from engaging in “lobbying activities” related to the EPA for five years, championed several policies that directly affect Craft’s company.

Those policies include relaxing federal limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and easing requirements for storing toxic waste generated by coal plants.

Craft, who along with his wife gave more than $2 million to Trump’s campaign and inauguration, had an unusual degree of access to Pruitt while the former Oklahoma attorney general helmed the EPA. He met with Craft more than half a dozen times while in office, according to agency records previously ­released under the Freedom of Information Act.

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In December, Pruitt and his son sat in courtside seats reserved for Craft at a University of Kentucky basketball home game, the New York Times reported earlier this year. According to an EPA spokesman at the time, Pruitt reimbursed the coal executive in cash for the tickets’ $260 market value.

Alliance Resource Partners ranks as the nation’s seventh­largest coal company, supplying more than two dozen power plants and boasting employees in Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia.

Craft was there in March 2017 when the president signed an executive order to reverse several climate policies enacted by the Obama administration. Both he and Pruitt also attended a National Mining Association board of directors meeting at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Fla.

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“It will be wonderful to see the Crafts,” Sydney Hupp, Pruitt’s executive scheduler, wrote in advance of the trip.

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While Pruitt has kept a low profile since stepping down in July, three individuals familiar with the matter said he is now searching for work in the private sector and is exploring setting up his own business. The individuals spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. Pruitt is said to have raised the idea last week, when he attended the Kentucky Coal Association’s annual meeting.

Pruitt’s attorney, Cleta Mitchell, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

The documents offer a glimpse of the strains facing the former EPA administrator, who enlisted his staff to help his wife find work and to perform personal tasks for him.

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Last year, Pruitt sold off at least $50,000 in investments during a time when he maintained residences in both Washington and Oklahoma.

The financial disclosures do not specify what legal services Pruitt needed. But by the time he resigned, his spending and management practices had triggered more than a dozen federal investigations, and last fall he hired private lawyers to represent him.

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Pruitt’s other debts in 2017 included a balance of $10,000 to $15,000 on his Chase credit card and the mortgage on his $1.2 million home in Tulsa.

The new disclosures also show that his wife, Marlyn, earned between $15,000 and $50,000 last year as a consultant. The Post reported in June that Pruitt had enlisted the help of EPA employees and outside allies to line up a job for his wife, a trained nurse who had spent two decades raising their children. The Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative group affiliated with the Federalist Society, ultimately hired her on a short-term basis.

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Pruitt has been granted an extension to file his termination report, which will include disclosures for 2018. It is due by Nov. 5.

Pruitt apparently still may face scrutiny for accepting gifts while helming the agency.

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