Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt Edward (Scott) Scott PruittJuan Williams: Swamp creature at the White House Science protections must be enforceable Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE reportedly met with President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE on Friday to explain why he should remain in office amid mounting scrutiny over alleged ethics violations.

Pruitt met with Trump at the White House, where he touted his achievements at the helm of the agency, administration officials told The Associated Press.

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The EPA chief reportedly spoke of his efforts to deregulate, including the EPA's recent move to rescind the Obama administration's tough fuel economy standards for cars.

Democratic members of Congress including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiTrump puts Supreme Court fight at center of Ohio rally CDC causes new storm by pulling coronavirus guidance Overnight Health Care: CDC pulls revised guidance on coronavirus | Government watchdog finds supply shortages are harming US response | As virus pummels US, Europe sees its own spike MORE (Calif.) are now calling on Pruitt to resign in response to reports about an arrangement the EPA chief had to rent a Capitol Hill condo from a pair of lobbyists for $50 per night.

The meeting with the president on Friday comes as the White House is reportedly conducting an ethics review into the rental agreement as well as suspicious pay bumps for two EPA officials who are longtime aides of Pruitt.

Trump said this week that Pruitt is "doing a great job" in the post, despite being "TOTALLY under siege," and denied reports that he would tap Pruitt to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE, with whom the president has often butted heads.