Scott Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, directly asked President Trump to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and install him as head of the Department of Justice, according to a new report.

Pruitt pitched the personnel shuffle in an Oval Office meeting as Trump was feuding with Sessions over the AG’s decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, according to CNN, which cited three people familiar with Pruitt’s proposal.

The EPA administrator suggested Trump axe Sessions and appoint him temporary head of the DOJ under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, which grants the president the authority to temporarily fill a federal vacancy if a previous official “dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office,” CNN reported.

Advisors put the kibosh on the proposal, it was reported.

The EPA “will not be commenting on anonymous sources who are working to distract Americans from the Trump Administration’s accomplishments on regulatory certainty and environmental stewardship,” agency reps told CNN.

Pruitt is facing at least 14 federal probes, including for questionable spending by his office.

Some questionable outlays have included $1,560 on a set of a dozen custom fountain pens, $3,000 on “tactical pants” and “tactical polos,” $43,000 on a soundproof phone booth for his office and $120,000 on a trip to Italy.