Washington • Two years ago, Kevin Chmielewski was a Donald Trump campaign aide who was working tirelessly to ensure that the New York businessman became America’s 45th president. He even convinced Trump to hold a rally at his high school alma mater in Berlin, Md., where the candidate called him “a star” and demanded that he stand onstage beside him.
On Thursday, Chmielewski, who served as deputy chief of staff for operations at the Environmental Protection Agency until last month, became the latest Trump ally to wreak havoc within an administration he helped put in office, publicly alleging EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt engaged in spending excesses and questionable ethics decisions.