 Perrotta also wrote an email to five EPA officials which indicated that it was Pruitt's preference to use lights and sirens on his vehicle.During a trip to Italy, the EPA hired Italians to further support Pruitt's security detail who were reportedly friends of Perrotta.Perrotta travelled first class with Pruitt and shared, along with his men, a five-course meal with Pruitt at a restaurant in Rome (it is rare for security personnel to dine with those they are protecting).