Hewitt, who has also been an outspoken supporter of Pruitt since he took over the EPA, works for the same firm as the lawyers in question, potentially making the meeting a conflict of interests.
After the reports came out, Hewitt was said to have been given a verbal warning by MSNBC for violating network standards, and he was made to stop speaking about EPA issues on the network.
Hugh Hewitt was at the center of an arguably troublesome situation in May when it was revealed he had brokered a meeting between current EPA chief Scott Pruitt and a group of lawyers who successfully lobbied for the agency to take quick action with a California location the lawyers represented.